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Resource type: Thesis/Dissertation Language: en: English BibTeX citation key: Ehritz2006a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Historical account, Rhetoric, Superhero Creators: Ehritz Publisher: Miami University (Oxford) |
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Abstract |
This project is an examination of the history of the comic book superhero figure and his/her rhetorical function, and pays particular attention to the political rhetoric in the post 911 comic book. I argue that a shift has taken place in recent years and that the comic book superhero, once primarily a vehicle for idealized morality and patriotic propaganda, has become a major tool for negotiating the ambivalence of social experience. This paper originally included a variety of images. They have been removed in order to eliminate copyright problems. A degree of loss in coherence is the result of this elimination. Table of Contents Introduction (1) 1. Indoctrination Through Identification: The Early Years (12) 2. Superheroes Reborn: Updating and Complicating Heroic Icons (23) 3. Fan Reception: Active Audiences and Resistance (44) Coda – Where Do We Stand? (57) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |