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Hypermasculinity and the hero in comic book fiction :

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TLets809501

Title Proper

Hypermasculinity and the hero in comic book fiction :

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Connell, Daniel James

Title Proper by Another Author

this is it

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Fulton, D.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brunel University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Thesis (Ph.D.)

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2011

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This thesis examines occurrences of hypermasculinity in examples from the genre of comic book fiction, utilizing textual evidence to suggest the current collection has re-iterated the more negative hypermasculine components of their source material: comic books. In doing so, the thesis compares the present novels with the creative element of the PhD submission - This Is It - a novel which serves as a critique of the prevalence of hypermasculinity in heroic figures within comic book fiction. By analyzing the sociological reasons behind hypermasculinity, and its subsequent effects, this thesis aims to make apparent the danger inherent with the continued association of hypermasculinity and hero figures in a new medium such as comic book fiction. It will also argue that the development of such a form divergent from comic books allows scope for a deconstruction of the hypermasculine comic book hero.

Violence; Men; Baudrillard; Graphic novel; Lacan

Brunel University

Fulton, D.

Brunel University

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[Thesis]

276903

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