Cinematic Superhero as Social Practice

AvJoseph Zornado,Sara Reilly

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

The book concludes with Logan, Wonder Woman 1984, and Amazon Prime’sThe Boys as distinctly reflective fantasy narratives critical of the superhero fantasy phenomenon.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-07
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:215
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030854577

Utforska kategorier

Freudiansk psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Scenkonst och film inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Joseph Zornado is Professor of English at Rhode Island College, USA, and author of numerous essays and books, including Disney and the Dialectic of Desire: Fantasy as Social Practice (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017) and Critical Thinking: Developing the Intellectual Tools for Social Justice (2019).Sara Reilly is Adjunct Instructor and Academic Advisor at Rhode Island College, USA. She teaches first-year writing and college success.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Chapter One:- Introduction: A Plague of Superheroe.- Chapter Two:- The Superhero with a Thousand Faces.- Chapter Three:- Fantasy and the Working-Class Superhero.- Chapter Four:- Fantasies of the Anthropocene.- Chapter Five:- The Cinematic Superhero as Other.- Chapter Six:- Superhero Fantasy in Crisis.- Chapter Seven:- Conclusion: Destroy All Monsters!