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The superhero multiverse : readapting comic book icons in twenty-first-century film and popular media / edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Remakes, reboots, and adaptations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Superheroes.
- Heroes in mass media.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. ACROSS PLATFORMS AND FORMATS
- Ch01. From Cinematic to Podcast Universe
- Ch02. The Multiverse Paradigm and the Reinvention of Legion
- Ch03. Frictions, Factions, and Fatalities
- Ch04. "I Feel Like I'm Getting My Wonder Woman Back"
- Ch05. Postmodern Parody in Animated Superhero Cinema
- Part II. TRANSFORMATIVE MEANINGS
- Ch06. Reanimating Witchcraft
- Ch07. Resurrecting the Hero
- Ch08. Challenging Typical Ideas of Heroism and Toxic Masculinity in Alias and Jessica Jones
- Ch09. Super-heroine Objectification
- Ch10. An "Extra-Ordinary" Adaptation
- Ch11. Battle of the Black Superheroes
- Part III. TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUES AND EVOLVING POLITICAL CONTEXTS
- Ch12. From "Bat-Manga" to "Attack on Avengers"
- Ch13. Kamen Rider, Masked and Unmasked
- Ch14. Spider-Man, The Panopticon, and The Normalization of Mass Surveillance
- Ch15. Adapting Judge Dredd
- Ch16. All the President's Supermen
- Index
- About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Superhero multiverse
- ISBN:
- 9781793624604
- 1793624607
- Publisher Number:
- 40030841825
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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