Even as the major superhero film franchises appear to be exhausting their runs The Umbrella Academy demonstrates that the superhero genre is still extremely effective at creating role models with lasting psychological resonance and allegories with extraordinary emotional impact. These essays give a voice to the misunderstood family members of The Umbrella Academy in the comic book series and its highly popular Netflix adaptation. They explore different forces like individualism, identity, family, and feminism. One of the most striking features that unites these concepts is the linkage between…mehr
Even as the major superhero film franchises appear to be exhausting their runs The Umbrella Academy demonstrates that the superhero genre is still extremely effective at creating role models with lasting psychological resonance and allegories with extraordinary emotional impact. These essays give a voice to the misunderstood family members of The Umbrella Academy in the comic book series and its highly popular Netflix adaptation. They explore different forces like individualism, identity, family, and feminism. One of the most striking features that unites these concepts is the linkage between violence with voice, as well as violence's aestheticized depiction.
Lisann Anders' research interests include literary adaptations in film and popular culture from Shakespeare to Disney. She lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Table of Contents Introduction Lisann Anders Part 1: Forces of Identity Gothic Academy: Horror and Crookedness in a Haunted Household Kathleen Shaughnessy Liminal Spaces: Being Alone in a House That Isn't Home Miranda Johnsen Superheroes, Transnational Adoption, and Hegelian Estrangement Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Part 2: Forces of Otherness Artifice and the Superheroes of the 21st Century: Post-Cinematic Reflections on Constructedness Morgane A. Ghilardi Extraordinary Bodies and the Language of Pain: Disability in Apocalypse Suite and Dallas Dana Fore Part 3: Forces of Violence Domestic Abuse: Normative Violence and Child-Superheroes Alokparna Sen Crystal Moments: Sites of Music and Violence Lisann Anders Dissonance: Striking a Chord Through the Silencing of Women's Voices J.E. Hornsby About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction Lisann Anders Part 1: Forces of Identity Gothic Academy: Horror and Crookedness in a Haunted Household Kathleen Shaughnessy Liminal Spaces: Being Alone in a House That Isn't Home Miranda Johnsen Superheroes, Transnational Adoption, and Hegelian Estrangement Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Part 2: Forces of Otherness Artifice and the Superheroes of the 21st Century: Post-Cinematic Reflections on Constructedness Morgane A. Ghilardi Extraordinary Bodies and the Language of Pain: Disability in Apocalypse Suite and Dallas Dana Fore Part 3: Forces of Violence Domestic Abuse: Normative Violence and Child-Superheroes Alokparna Sen Crystal Moments: Sites of Music and Violence Lisann Anders Dissonance: Striking a Chord Through the Silencing of Women's Voices J.E. Hornsby About the Contributors Index
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