One of the first full-length academic projects on the television series Smallville, this collection of new essays explains why the WB/CW series is important to understanding contemporary popular culture. The essays are presented in four sections covering broad categories: Clark Kent's metamorphosis to Superman and the influence of his parents and the home; the role of the series' noteworthy female characters; the series' representations of the Other, explorations of identity, and the ways in which characters speak to Clark's own struggles; and audience reception of the series and its position within the Superman narrative universe.…mehr
One of the first full-length academic projects on the television series Smallville, this collection of new essays explains why the WB/CW series is important to understanding contemporary popular culture. The essays are presented in four sections covering broad categories: Clark Kent's metamorphosis to Superman and the influence of his parents and the home; the role of the series' noteworthy female characters; the series' representations of the Other, explorations of identity, and the ways in which characters speak to Clark's own struggles; and audience reception of the series and its position within the Superman narrative universe.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Autorenporträt
Cory Barker is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication & Culture at Indiana University. His writing has appeared in Vox, Complex, The A.V. Club, and other publications. He lives in Peoria, Illinois. Chris Ryan is an editor and social media researcher in Austin, Texas. Myc Wiatrowski is an analyst of business and culture and associate instructor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University in Bloomington.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction-Cory Barker, Chris Ryan and Myc Wiatrowski Part One: Smallville's Decade-Long Mythical Journey Mythicizing Clark Kent: Archetypes and Mythic Structures of Smallville-Daniel P. Compora The Smallville Destiny: The Superhero's Shaping by His Archetypal Fathers-James F. Iaccino "Always hold on to Smallville": Domesticity and the Male Hero-Bridget Kies Part Two: Powerful Women Sidekicks or Heroines? The Feminist Successes and Failures of Smallville's Leading Ladies-Valerie Estelle Frankel Another Way: Tess Mercer as Ethical Hero-Peter Melville Girl Friday Power: Chloe Sullivan and the Hacker Sidekicks of Twenty-First Century Teen Television-Tara K. Parmiter Part Three: Bodies, Identities and Politics Rummaging Through the Closet: (Un)Masking the Signified Other in Smallville's First Four Seasons-Jonathan A. Austad Kryptonian Encounters: Model Immigration and Superman's Impossible Dream-Roger Almendarez Bodies as Unreliable Signifiers: The Inconsistency of Smallville's Character Construction-Daniel Kulle Part Four: Reception Finding Clark Kent: Sites of Nostalgia and Affect-Gregory Bray and John Patrick Bray "Chlark" Versus "Clois": Shippers, Anti-Fans and Anti-Fan Fans-Cory Barker Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction-Cory Barker, Chris Ryan and Myc Wiatrowski Part One: Smallville's Decade-Long Mythical Journey Mythicizing Clark Kent: Archetypes and Mythic Structures of Smallville-Daniel P. Compora The Smallville Destiny: The Superhero's Shaping by His Archetypal Fathers-James F. Iaccino "Always hold on to Smallville": Domesticity and the Male Hero-Bridget Kies Part Two: Powerful Women Sidekicks or Heroines? The Feminist Successes and Failures of Smallville's Leading Ladies-Valerie Estelle Frankel Another Way: Tess Mercer as Ethical Hero-Peter Melville Girl Friday Power: Chloe Sullivan and the Hacker Sidekicks of Twenty-First Century Teen Television-Tara K. Parmiter Part Three: Bodies, Identities and Politics Rummaging Through the Closet: (Un)Masking the Signified Other in Smallville's First Four Seasons-Jonathan A. Austad Kryptonian Encounters: Model Immigration and Superman's Impossible Dream-Roger Almendarez Bodies as Unreliable Signifiers: The Inconsistency of Smallville's Character Construction-Daniel Kulle Part Four: Reception Finding Clark Kent: Sites of Nostalgia and Affect-Gregory Bray and John Patrick Bray "Chlark" Versus "Clois": Shippers, Anti-Fans and Anti-Fan Fans-Cory Barker Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index
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