| The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero Contributor(s): Ndalianis, Angela (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415878411 ISBN-13: 9780415878418 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels - Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes (see Also Fiction - Superheroes) - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 741.53 |
| Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.93 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the last several decades, comic book superheroes have multiplied and, in the process, become more complicated. In this cutting edge anthology an international roster of contributors offer original research and writing on the contemporary comic book superhero, with occasional journeys into the film and television variation. As superheroes and their stories have grown with the audiences that consume them, their formulas, conventions, and narrative worlds have altered to follow suit, injecting new, unpredictable and more challenging characterizations that engage ravenous readers who increasingly demand more. |