The Contemporary Superhero Film: Projections of Power and Identity

The Contemporary Superhero Film: Projections of Power and Identity 9780231549790

Terence McSweeney provides a concise and up-to-date overview of the superhero genre. He lays out its narrative codes and

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Projections of Power in the Americas 9781136340253, 2011039609, 9780415517478, 9780203123607

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The cultural politics of contemporary Hollywood film: Power, culture, and society 9781526135742

Using an innovative syncretic ‘cultural politics’ approach drawing on political theory, film studies and sociology, this

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Popular Tropes of Identity in Contemporary Russian Television and Film 9781501329067, 9781501329050, 9781501329036

This book is an exploration of the changes in Russian cultural identity in the twenty years after the fall of the Soviet

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Performance Projections : Film and the Body in Action [1 ed.] 9781780234090, 9781780233697

Film does far more than document performance--it actively recreates the time and space of performance and overhauls its

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The Modern Superhero in Film and Television: Popular Genre and American Culture 2016026537, 9781138897786, 9781315708980

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The Modern Superhero in Film and Television: Popular Genre and American Culture 9780367873141, 9781315708980

Hollywood’s live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the characters enjoying more n

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Projections of Power: The United States and Europe in Colonial Southeast Asia, 1919–1941 9780822393122

Examines how the presence of the United States as a colonial power in Southeast Asia was perceived by Americans, and how

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Power and Identity in the Global Church: : Six Contemporary Cases [1 ed.] 9780878086375, 9780878085132

Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Contemporary Cases applies contemporary sociological, theological, and New

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The Superhero Costume: Identity and disguise in fact and fiction 9781472595911, 9781472595904, 9781474260114, 9781472595935

Costume defines the superhero, disguising and distinguishing him or her from the civilian alter ego. The often garish ga

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