The Superhero Symbol: Media, Culture, and Politics

by Dan Golding and Liam Burke

Book Overview

"As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting". In the 2005 reboot of the Batman film franchise, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can serve as a transcendent icon.

It is hard to imagine a time when superheroes have been more pervasive in our culture. Today, superheroes are intellectual property jealously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813597161
• ISBN13: 9780813597164
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"