The Many Lives of the Batman

Critical Approaches to a Superhero and his Media
Herausgeber: Pearson, Roberta; Uricchio, William

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1991, The Many Lives of the Batman is a serious academic exploration of the cultural phenomenon called Batman.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781032441030
• ISBN-10: 1032441038
• Artikelnr.: 69947458

Autorenporträt

Roberta E. Pearson and William Uricchio

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Holy Shifting Signifies: Foreword Contributors
Introduction 1. Batman: Commodity as Myth 2. Notes from The Batcave: An
Interview with Dennis O'Neil 3. Batman and the Twilight of the Idols: An
Interview with Frank Miller 4. "Holy Commodity Fetish, Batman!": The
Political Economy of a Commercial Intertext 5. Batman and His Audience: The
Dialectic of Culture 6. Batman: The Ethnography 7. Same Bat Channel,
Different Bat Times: Mass Culture and Popular Memory 8. Batman, Deviance
and Camp 9. Batman: The Movie, Narrative: The Hyperconscious 10. "I'm Not
Fooled by That Cheap Disguise"