The superhero genre

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Abstract

An assessment of the components and conditions within the contemporary American superhero genre
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDirectory of world cinema
Subtitle of host publicationAmerican Hollywood
EditorsLincoln Geraghty
Place of PublicationUK
PublisherIntellect Books
Pages186-190
Volume2
ISBN (Electronic)978-1783200061
ISBN (Print)1783200065
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2015

Publication series

NameDirectory of World Cinema
PublisherIntellect
ISSN (Print)2040-7971
ISSN (Electronic)2040-798X

Keywords

  • superhero
  • postmodernity
  • capitalism
  • the avengers
  • superman
  • batman
  • dc
  • marvel
  • usa
  • hollywood
  • america
  • genre
  • film

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