{"product_id":"the-contemporary-superhero-film-projections-of-power-and-identity-short-cuts-9780231192415","title":"The Contemporary Superhero Film Projections of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerence McSweeney provides a concise and up-to-date overview of the superhero genre. He lays out its narrative codes and conventions, exploring why it appeals to diverse audiences and what it has to say about the world in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the emphasis on the global impact of comic book crusaders on screen, McSweeney offers a powerful take on the cultural and categorical stakes involved in superhero cinema that will appeal to comics fans and scholars alike. -- Blair Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eMovie Comics: Page to Screen\/Screen to Page\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComic Book Movies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerence McSweeney has written an excellent introduction to superhero cinema and the surrounding scholarship in the field. \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary Superhero Film \u003c\/i\u003edoes exactly what I’d expect in a student-friendly overview of the superhero genre. -- Iain Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Cultural Phenomenon or Cultural Catastrophe?\u003cbr\u003e1 The Codes and Conventions of the Contemporary Superhero Film\u003cbr\u003e2 The Mythologies of the Contemporary Superhero Film\u003cbr\u003e3 Gender and Sexuality in the Contemporary Superhero Film\u003cbr\u003e4 Ethnicity in the Contemporary Superhero Film\u003cbr\u003e5 The Global Contemporary Superhero Film\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: “Is it me or is it getting crazier out there?”\u003cbr\u003eThe Future of the Contemporary Superhero Film and the Genre’s “Impossible Solutions for Insoluble Problems”\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400341594455,"sku":"9780231192415","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231192415.jpg?v=1730470437","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-contemporary-superhero-film-projections-of-power-and-identity-short-cuts-9780231192415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}