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Global perspectives on Tarzan : from king of the jungle to international icon / edited by Annette Wannamaker and Michelle Ann Abate.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
- Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tarzan (Fictitious character).
- Tarzan.
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950--Characters--Tarzan.
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection seeks to understand the long-lasting and global appeal of Tarzan: Why is a story about a feral boy, who is raised by apes in the African jungle, so compelling and so adaptable to different cultural contexts and audiences? How is it that the same narrative serves as the basis for both children's cartoons and lavish musical productions or as a vehicle for both nationalistic discourse and for light romantic fantasy? Considering a history of criticism that highlights the imperialistic, sexist, racist underpinnings of the original Tarzan narrative, why would this character and st
- Contents:
- Michelle Ann Abate, An axe in the hands of a burly negro cleft the captain from forehead to chin: Tarzan of the apes and the American urban jungle
- Annette Wannamaker, Now Tarzan make war!: World War II B-movies, profits and propaganda
- Ken Cerniglia, Tarzan swings onto Disney's Broadway
- Jon C. Stott, Return to Tarzan: a Canadian childhood hero reconsidered
- Richard Ivan Jobs, Tarzan under attack: Youth, comics, and cultural reconstruction in postwar France
- Ronie Parciack, Contending simulacra: Tarzan in postcolonial India
- Alon Raab and Eli Eshed, With a star of David he swings: Tarzan in the holy land
- Clare Mulcahy, We would each like to be like Tarzan: re-examining female readers of Burroughs' Tarzan series
- Michelle Smith, On the origin of men: savage boyhood in Tarzan of the apes
- Aaron Clayton, Evolution and race on the island of Caspak: how Tarzan and T-rex decode manhood in the comic that time forgot.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-44791-1
- 1-283-58533-2
- 9786613897787
- 0-203-12501-0
- 1-136-44792-X
- 9780203125014
- OCLC:
- 810077947
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