عنوان

Avengers assemble! :

(Number (ISBN

0231851227

(Number (ISBN

9780231851220

Erroneous ISBN

023118624X

Erroneous ISBN

0231186258

Erroneous ISBN

9780231186247

Erroneous ISBN

9780231186254

Title Proper

Avengers assemble! :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

critical perspectives on the Marvel cinematic universe /

First Statement of Responsibility

Terence McSweeney.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Wallflower Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (vii, 310 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes filmography (pages 269-272), bibliographical references (pages 273-301), and index.

Text of Note

1. 'That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it ... and it's worked out pretty well so far' : The Stark doctrine in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 -- 2. Allegorical narratives of gods and monsters : Thor and The Incredible Hulk -- 3. State fantasy and the superhero : (Mis)remembering World War II in Captain America : The First Avenger -- 4. 'Seeing ... still working on believing!' : The ethics and aesthetics of destruction in The Avengers -- 5. 'Nothing's been the same since New York' : Ideological continuity and change in Iron Man 3 and Thor : The Dark World -- 6. 'The world has changed and none of us can go back' : The illusory moral ambiguities of the Post-9/11 superhero in Captain America : The Winter Soldier -- 7. Blurring the boundaries of genre and gender in Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man -- 8. 'Isn't that why we fight? So we can end the fight and go home?' : The enduring American monomyth in Avengers : Age of Ultron -- 9. 'What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for?' : The MCU on the small screen in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel's Agent Carter -- 10. The necessary vigilantism of the defenders : Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.

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Text of Note

We are living in the age of the superhero and we cannot deny it. 'Avengers Assemble!' is a vibrant and theoretically informed interrogation of one of the defining and most financially successful film franchises of the new millennium.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

22573/ctv242s31

Stock Number

A526DF55-D1EA-4CA9-8F5B-CB5CB8908668

Title

Avengers assemble!

International Standard Book Number

9780231186254

Marvel Comics Group.

Marvel Comics Group.

Avengers (Fictitious characters)

Comic strip characters in motion pictures.

Motion pictures and comic books.

Superhero films-- History and criticism.

ART / Techniques / Drawing.

Avengers (Fictitious characters)

Comic strip characters in motion pictures.

Motion pictures and comic books.

Superhero films.

Number

Edition

Class number

McSweeney, Terence,1974-

Date of Transaction

20200822103443.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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