Michael Arthur Soares

Superhero Rhetoric from Exceptionalism to Globalization

Up, Up and ...Abroad

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Produktbeschreibung

Superhero Rhetoric from Exceptionalism to Globalization: Up, Up and ...Abroad examines the link between American political culture and superhero narratives as well as the genre's global reach and transformations in various national and cultural contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781666950304
• ISBN-10: 1666950300
• Artikelnr.: 71230892

Autorenporträt

Michael Arthur Soares, PhD, is an independent scholar and instructor of English.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Superman from American Exceptionalism to Globalization
Chapter 2: All the President's Supermen
Chapter 3: With Great Power Comes Great Superhero Rhetoric
Chapter 4: Up, Up and ... Abroad: Iconographic Identities of Globalized
Superheroes
Chapter 5: The World's Too Small: Globalization and Cultural Uptake of
Superheroes
Chapter 6: Fight the Power: Safeguarding and Resistance to the Superhero
Powers That Be
Chapter 7: Superheroes at Large: Uptake of Superhero Rhetoric in Real-life