{"product_id":"captain-america-and-the-nationalist-superhero-9781439909775","title":"Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlights the unique relationship between popular culture and international relations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] novel and provocative analysis about how the figure of the 'nationalist superhero' reflects, consolidates, and propels the nationalistic metaphors and narratives that are inextricable elements of the modern nation-state and of the modern, self-governing citizen... Dittmer's tome is theoretically informed and sophisticated. It makes a compelling case for the position that the ways that a people entertains itself, its popular culture, are fertile sites for analyses of how that people comes to know itself and others. Summing Up: Highly recommended.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  1 Introducing Nationalist Superheroes 2 Gendered Nation-state, Gendered Hero 3 Embodying Multiculturalism 4 Origins 5 Narratives of Continuity and Change 6 Grounding the Nation-state 7 Geopolitical Orders 8 Alternate Worlds 9 Parody and Subversion  Afterword Notes References Index","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408307429719,"sku":"9781439909775","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439909775.jpg?v=1730502376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/captain-america-and-the-nationalist-superhero-9781439909775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}