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Markodimitrakis, Michail-Chrysovalantis. "The New Batman." The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic. Ed. Clive Bloom. New York [etc.]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 1153–67. Added by: joachim (21/12/2024, 12:58) Last edited by: joachim (21/12/2024, 12:59) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33136-8-69 BibTeX citation key: Markodimitrakis2020 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Batman", Adaptation, Film adaptation, Horror, Intermediality, Superhero, USA Creators: Bloom, Markodimitrakis Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (New York [etc.]) Collection: The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic |
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Batman is a popular icon constantly revamped and reintroduced to audiences (in a true comic book fashion), whilst keeping intact, in its core, modern gothic elements that help him to maintain the character’s immensely popularity. He is a monstrous, anthropomorphic urban legend navigating the faceless technology-ridden metropoles, a fallen hero who descends into darkness only to rise and become the marginal figure that embodies, but also battles the fragmented realities and indeterminate dreads of the post-modern world. In this essay I discuss Batman’s post-1980s media appearances and transmedia influence as echoing, through uncanny narratives, existential anxieties about the self and providing unsettling political and social commentary.
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