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Author | : Mel Gibson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2016-03-22 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1317633288 |
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Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals, the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences. This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises such as Batman, Captain America, Ms Marvel and X-Men, alongside less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes towards femininity, race, maternity, masculinity and queer culture. Using this approach, the volume asks questions such as why there are no black supervillains in mainstream comics, how second wave feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female comic book characters, the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes. The book was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.
Author | : Mel Gibson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2016 |
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Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals, the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences. This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises such as Batman, Captain America, Ms Marvel and X-Men, alongside less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes towards femininity, race, maternity, masculinity and queer culture. Using this approach, the volume asks questions such as why there are no black supervillains in mainstream comics, how second wave feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female comic book characters, the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes. The book was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics .
Author | : Parry Shen |
Publisher | : The New Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Asian Americans |
ISBN | : 159558398X |
Download Secret Identities Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Appealing to both comics fans and Asian Americans seeking to claim their place in American culture, Secret Identities makes brilliant use of the conventions of the superhero comic book to expose the real face of the Asian American experience. This groundbreaking graphic anthology brings together leading Asian American creators in the comics industry including Gene Yang (National Book Award finalist for American Born Chinese), Bernard Chang (Wonder Woman), Greg Pak (The Hulk), and Christine Norrie (Black Canary Wedding Special) to craft original graphical short stories set in a compelling shadow history of our country: from the building of the railroads to the Japanese American internment, the Vietnam airlift, the murder of Vincent Chin, and the incarceration of Dr. Wen Ho Lee. Entertaining and enlightening, Secret Identities offers whiz-bang action, searing satire, and thoughtful commentary from a community too often overlooked by the cultural mainstream, while showcasing a vivid cross-section of the talents whose imagination and creativity is driving the contemporary comics renaissance.
Author | : Brian Michael Bendis |
Publisher | : Marvel Entertainment |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2007-02-21 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 0785170286 |
Download Civil War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Ripped from the pages of New Avengers, comes an explosive hidden story of Marvel's secret past, the secret history of Marvel's most secret team - how they came together and how they are ripped apart. Plus: Spidey's got a new lease on life, new powers and a new costume, courtesy of his new best friend Tony Stark. So what could possibly go wrong? With clouds quickly building on the horizon, the bonds that Spider-Man now forges may very well determine his capacity to withstand a coming storm. The Marvel Universe is about to split down the middle, and the line is drawn here! You will be asked: whose side are you on? Collects Fantastic Four (1997) #536-537, New Avengers: Illuminati One-Shot, Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #529-531.
Author | : Mel Gibson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2016-03-22 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 131763327X |
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Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals, the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences. This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises such as Batman, Captain America, Ms Marvel and X-Men, alongside less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes towards femininity, race, maternity, masculinity and queer culture. Using this approach, the volume asks questions such as why there are no black supervillains in mainstream comics, how second wave feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female comic book characters, the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes. The book was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.
Author | : Wendy Haslem |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2018-11-20 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 0429663803 |
Download Superhero Bodies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Throughout the history of the genre, the superhero has been characterised primarily by physical transformation and physical difference. Superhero Bodies: Identity, Materiality, Transformation explores the transformation of the superhero body across multiple media forms including comics, film, television, literature and the graphic novel. How does the body of the hero offer new ways to imagine identities? How does it represent or subvert cultural ideals? How are ideologies of race, gender and disability signified or destabilised in the physicality of the superhero? How are superhero bodies drawn, written and filmed across diverse forms of media and across histories? This volume collects essays that attend to the physicality of superheroes: the transformative bodies of superheroes, the superhero’s position in urban and natural spaces, the dialectic between the superhero’s physical and metaphysical self, and the superhero body’s relationship with violence. This will be the first collection of scholarly research specifically dedicated to investigating the diversity of superhero bodies, their emergence, their powers, their secrets, their histories and their transformations.
Author | : Jeffrey A. Brown |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2018-12-20 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1351399985 |
Download Batman and the Multiplicity of Identity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Concentrating primarily on contemporary depictions of Batman in the comic books, this book analyzes why Batman is so immensely popular right now in America and globally, and how the fictional Dark Knight reveals both new cultural concerns and longstanding beliefs about American values. The organizing premise is that while Batman is perceived as a very clearly defined character, he is open to a wide range of interpretations and depictions in the comics (what Henry Jenkins refers to as "multiplicities"), each of which allows access to different cultural issues. The idea of Batman functions as an anchoring point out of which multiple Batmen, or Batman-like characters, can occupy different positions: Grim Batman, Gay Batman, Female Batman, Black Batman, Cute Batman, and so on. Each iteration opens up a discussion of different cultural issues pertinent to modern society, such as sexuality, ethnicity, feminism and familial relationships.
Author | : Jeff Yang |
Publisher | : The New Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1595588248 |
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"Envisons the rich tradition of American comics as an Asian American experience"--P. [4] of cover.
Author | : Morris Katz |
Publisher | : Downtown Bookworks |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-11-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781941367834 |
Download DC Super Heroes: Who's Who? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Batman is really Bruce Wayne. Superman is also known as Clark Kent. And Wonder Woman is Diana Prince when she's not saving the world. Young super hero fans can lift the flaps throughout this book to discover their favorite super heroes' secret identities!
Author | : John Broome |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | : 9781401210427 |
Download The Elongated Man Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A collection originally published in 1960 through 1968.