Avengers Assemble! explores the cinematic and televisual branches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe from a diverse range of critical perspectives. Beginning with Iron Man, it considers them as both embodiments of the changing blockbuster film and affective cultural artifacts that are immersed in the turbulent political climate of their era.
Avengers Assemble! explores the cinematic and televisual branches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe from a diverse range of critical perspectives. Beginning with Iron Man, it considers them as both embodiments of the changing blockbuster film and affective cultural artifacts that are immersed in the turbulent political climate of their era.
Terence McSweeney is senior lecturer in Media Arts and Technology at Southampton Solent University. He is the author of The War on Terror and American Film: 9/11 Frames per Second' (Edinburgh University Press, 2014), Beyond the Frame: The Films and Film Theory of Andrei Tarkovsky (Aporetic Press, 2015) and the co-editor of Millennial Cinema: Memory in Global Film (Wallflower, 2012).
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Acknowledgements Prologue: The Heroes We Need Right Now?: Explaining `The Age of the Superhero Introduction: Superheroes in the New Millennium and `The Example of Americä PHASE ONE 1. `That s how Dad did it, that s how America does it and it s worked out pretty well so far : The Stark Doctrine in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 2. Allegorical Narratives of Gods and Monsters: Thor and The Incredible Hulk 3. State Fantasy and the Superhero: (Mis)Remembering World War II in Captain America: The First Avenger 4. `Seeing still working on believing! : The Ethics and Aesthetics of Destruction in The Avengers PHASE TWO 5. `Nothing s been the same since New York : Ideological Continuity and Change in Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World 6. `The world has changed and none of us can go back : The Illusory Moral Ambiguities of the Post-9/11 Superhero in Captain America: The Winter Soldier 7. Blurring the Boundaries of Genre and Gender in Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man 8. `Isn t that why we fight? So we can end the fight and go home? : The Enduring American Monomyth in Avengers: Age of Ultron THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE ON TELEVISION 9. `What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for? : The MCU on the Small Screen in Marvel s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel s Agent Carter 10. The Necessary Vigilantism of the Defenders: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist Conclusion: `Whose side are you on? : Superheroes Through the Prism of the `War on Terror in Captain America: Civil War Epilogue: The Superhero as Transnational Icon Filmography Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Prologue: The Heroes We Need Right Now?: Explaining `The Age of the Superhero Introduction: Superheroes in the New Millennium and `The Example of Americä PHASE ONE 1. `That s how Dad did it, that s how America does it and it s worked out pretty well so far : The Stark Doctrine in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 2. Allegorical Narratives of Gods and Monsters: Thor and The Incredible Hulk 3. State Fantasy and the Superhero: (Mis)Remembering World War II in Captain America: The First Avenger 4. `Seeing still working on believing! : The Ethics and Aesthetics of Destruction in The Avengers PHASE TWO 5. `Nothing s been the same since New York : Ideological Continuity and Change in Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World 6. `The world has changed and none of us can go back : The Illusory Moral Ambiguities of the Post-9/11 Superhero in Captain America: The Winter Soldier 7. Blurring the Boundaries of Genre and Gender in Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man 8. `Isn t that why we fight? So we can end the fight and go home? : The Enduring American Monomyth in Avengers: Age of Ultron THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE ON TELEVISION 9. `What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for? : The MCU on the Small Screen in Marvel s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel s Agent Carter 10. The Necessary Vigilantism of the Defenders: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist Conclusion: `Whose side are you on? : Superheroes Through the Prism of the `War on Terror in Captain America: Civil War Epilogue: The Superhero as Transnational Icon Filmography Bibliography Index
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A magnificent book. As insightful and comprehensive as it is engaging and timely, this full-length examination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a rewarding read for passionate superhero fans as well as researchers in the fields of film studies, political science, and cultural studies. Marc DiPaolo, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, author of War, Politics, and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film
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