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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1041499521 Title: Avengers assemble! : critical perspectives on the Marvel cinematic universe Author: Terence McSweeney Publisher: London ; New York : Wallflower Press, [2018] ©2018 ISBN/ISSN: 9780231851220 0231851227 OCLC:1041499521

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Avengers assemble! : critical perspectives on the Marvel cinematic universe

Author:	Terence McSweeney
Publisher:	London ; New York : Wallflower Press, [2018] ©2018
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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.
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Subjects	Marvel Comics Group. Superhero films -- History and criticism. Comic strip characters in motion pictures. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Electronic books
Additional Physical Format:	Print version: McSweeney, Terence, 1974- Avengers assemble! London ; New York : Wallflower Press, [2018] (OCoLC)1013721352
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Terence McSweeney Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780231851220 0231851227
OCLC Number:	1041499521
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Terence McSweeney.

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