The Modern Superhero in Film and Television: Popular Genre and American Culture

by Jeffrey A. Brown

Book Overview

Hollywood's live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the characters enjoying more notoriety through their feature film and television depictions than they have ever before. This book argues that this immense popularity reveals deep cultural concerns about politics, gender, ethnicity, patriotism and consumerism after the events of 9/11. Superheroes have long been agents of hegemony, fighting for abstract ideals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138897787
• ISBN13: 9781138897786
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"