Superheroes On World Screens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23529496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jochen Ecke, Mary J Ainslie (0000-0001-5058-724X), Vincent M Gaine (0000-0002-6512-3955) |
| Editors | Rayna Denison (0000-0002-7957-4618), Rachel Mizsei-Ward |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 226 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Superheroes on World Screens (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University Press of Mississippi (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14325/mississippi/9781628462340.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2172895317 |
| ISBN | 9781628462340 |
| Open Library | OL29257823M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
There are now superheroes from every corner of the world, and they are becoming increasingly important within local and global cultures alike. This collection brings together a wide range of film, television and media experts from around the world in discussion of the places and positions that superheroes occupy in local, transnational and global culture. Within local media culture, superheroes occupy everything from subaltern to highly commercialized positions on world screens, in addition to occupying an increasingly central place as the core intellectual properties residing at the heart of American blockbuster multimedia franchises. This collection consequently questions the dominant paradigm of the “American” superhero, offering a nuanced understanding of where and how superhero characters and cultures originate, how they are culturally and linguistically translated, and how they flow within and between the world’s cultures. The collection contains explorations into the global reach of superheroes from the USA, including characters like Thor, Spider-Man and The Phantom. In addition, this collection questions the seeming “American” origins of the superhero, with chapters investigating alternative traditions, origin points and indigenizations of the superhero from India to Thailand. All of these media flows in superhero culture also contain contested ideological, political and gendered meanings, from the appearance of Islamic superheroes to the continual re-invention of the superhero in Indian cinema. In tackling these complex topics, this collection speaks to growing academic and popular interest in superhero characters, attempting to demonstrate how such superheroes have become important contested sites of resistance, commerce, ideology and history.
Digital Games and Media · History · Japanese History and Culture · Heroes in motion pictures · History and criticism · Motion pictures · Motion pictures and globalization · Superhero films
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |