The 21st century superhero
Subtitle: essays on gender, genre and globalization in film
By: edited by Richard J. Gray II and Betty Kaklamanidou
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780786463459
Subjects: Motion pictures; Sex role in motion pictures; Masculinity in motion pictures; Superhero films; History and criticism; Motion pictures and globalization; History
Other titles: Twenty-first century superhero
Description: "These ten critical essays explore the phenomenon of the superhero film in the 21st century through the lens of numerous academic disciplines, and cover topics such as the role of globalization in the formation of superhero narratives, the shifting nature of masculinity and femininity in the superhero world and the state of the genre today"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Richard J. Gray II and Betty Kaklamanidou; title: Globalization. Exceptional Recognition: The U.S. Global Dilemma in The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, and Avatar / Anthony Peter Spanakos; title: "You Took My Advice About Theatricality a Bit; title: Literally": Theatricality and Cybernetics of Good and Evil in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and X-Men / Johannes Schlegel and Frank Habermann; title: Power, Choice, and September 11 in The Dark Knight / Christine Muller; title: Gender. The Mythos of Patriarchy in the X-Men Films / Betty Kaklamanidou; title: Vivacious Vixens and Scintillating Super-Hotties: Deconstructing the Superheroine / Richard J. Gray II; title: Evolving Portrayals of Masculinity in Superhero Films: Hancock / Christina Adamou; title: Genre. Genre and Super-Heroism: Batman in the New Millennium / Vincent M. Gaine; title: Super-Intertextuality and 21st Century Individualized Social Advocacy in Spider-Man and Kick-Ass / Justin S. Schumaker; title: The Watchmen, Neo-Noir and Pastiche / Phillip Davis; title: Smallville: Super Puberty and the Monstrous Superhero / Shahriar Fouladi.