Posts Tagged ‘ superheroes ’

Bollywood’s Superhero Genre: Transnational Appropriations, Labor and Referentiality

September 24, 2015
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Bollywood’s Superhero Genre: Transnational Appropriations, Labor and Referentiality

Nandana Bose unmasks the postmillennial Bollywood superhero to reveal a bricolage of transnational intertexts.
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The Comics Arms Race and the Failure of Diversity

March 18, 2013
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The Comics Arms Race and the Failure of Diversity

Retailer incentives like variant covers are nothing new, but are being emphasized strongly in today’s market.
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Captain America and the Representation of Entertainment

July 23, 2011
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Captain America and the Representation of Entertainment

The USO sequence in Captain America: The First Avenger speaks to the influence of a cynical modern eye and a gendered dismissal of historical realism, comic book necessity, and the possibility of media effects.
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