The Superhero Symbol

The Superhero Symbol
Author: Liam Burke
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2019-12-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0813597161

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Bringing together superhero scholars and key industry figures The Superhero Symbol unmasks how superheroes have become so pervasive in media, culture, and politics. This timely collection explores how these powerful icons are among the entertainment industry's most valuable intellectual properties, yet can be appropriated for everything from activism to cosplay and real-life vigilantism.


The Superhero Symbol
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Liam Burke
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-13 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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Bringing together superhero scholars and key industry figures The Superhero Symbol unmasks how superheroes have become so pervasive in media, culture, and polit
The Superhero Symbol
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Liam P. Burke
Categories: Comic books, strips, etc
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

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"As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting". In the 2005
Guardians of the Galaxy
Language: en
Pages: 147
Authors: Dan Abnett
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-10 - Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

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In the infinite expanse of time and space, is there room for more than one group of Guardians of the Galaxy? You bet there is! Rocket, Groot and Drax are about
Superman
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Ian Gordon
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-13 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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After debuting in 1938, Superman soon became an American icon. But why has he maintained his iconic status for nearly 80 years? And how can he still be an Ameri
What is a Superhero?
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Robin S. Rosenberg PhD
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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It's easy to name a superhero--Superman, Batman, Thor, Spiderman, the Green Lantern, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rorschach, Wolverine--but it's not so easy to def