Tricia Jenkins, Tom Secker

Superheroes, Movies, and the State

How the U.S. Government Shapes Cinematic Universes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A highly original exploration of how the government-entertainment complex has influenced the world's most popular movie genre--superhero films. This book documents the critical role the Department of Defense, NASA, the Science and Entertainment Exchange and, to a lesser extent, the FBI and the CIA play in shaping characters, stories, and even the ideas behind the hottest entertainment products.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Kansas
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780700632763
• ISBN-10: 070063276X
• Artikelnr.: 61936615

Autorenporträt

Tricia Jenkins is professor of film, television, and digital media, Texas Christian University, and author of The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television. Tom Secker is a freelance journalist in the United Kingdom and coauthor of National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood.