Superheroes on world screens /
"Superheroes such as Superman and Spider-Man have spread all over the world. As this edited volume shows, many national cultures have created or reimagined the idea of the superhero, while the realm of superheroes now contains many icons whose histories borrow from local folklore and legends. C...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- The transplanted superhero: the Phantom franchise and Australian popular culture / Kevin Patrick
- Thor, god of borders: transnationalism, and celestial connections in the superhero film / Vincent M. Gaine
- American superheroes in Japanese hands: superhero genre hybridity as superhero systems collide in Supaidāman / Rayna Denison
- Heroes of Hall H: global media franchises, Doctor Who, and the San Diego Comic-Con as space for the transnational superhero / Lincoln Geraghty
- Blade of the Phantom Master: heroism, gender, national identity, and cultural translation in Japanese-Korean animation / Daniel Martin
- "Tu mera Superman": globalization, cultural exchange, and the Indian superhero / Iain Robert Smith
- Alterity in the genesis of the contemporary British TV superhero / Jochen Ecke and Patrick Gill
- Fighting for truth, justice, and the Islamic way: The 99, global superheroes for the post-9/11 world / Rachel Mizsei-Ward
- The contemporary incarnation of Thai superhero, Insee Daeng: a divided figure in a divided nation / Mary J. Ainslie.
