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Marvel Comics into film : essays on adaptations since the 1940s / edited by Matthew J. McEniry, Robert Moses Peaslee, and Robert G. Weiner.
- Title
- Marvel Comics into film : essays on adaptations since the 1940s / edited by Matthew J. McEniry, Robert Moses Peaslee, and Robert G. Weiner.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.C36 M375 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 270 pages; 26 cm
- Summary
- "This collection of new essays is the first to explore the historical, textual and cultural context of the larger cinematic Marvel universe, including serials, animated films, television movies, non-U.S. versions of Marvel characters, films featuring characters licensed by Marvel, and the contemporary Cinematic Universe as conceived by Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Adaptations
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1 Myth -- "Yeah? Well, MY god has a HAMMER!": Myth-Taken Identity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Jeff Massey -- "The terms of the contract have changed": How Ghost Rider Carries on Goethe's Faustian Tradition / Thomas Simko -- Transformers: The Movie: Making Modern Mythology the Marvel Way / Jason Bainbridge -- You Can't Stop Her: Elektra Re-Configured / Daniel Binns -- Pt. 2 Licensed Properties -- Dare to Be Stupid: The Fetishization of Heavy Metal and the New in Transformers: The Movie / Eric Garneau -- Science Fiction in G.I. Joe: The Movie: Its Influence, Origin, Introduction and Development / Liam T. Webb -- Conan the Destroyer of a Franchise? Analyzing and Evaluating the Adaptive and Narrative Features of Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer and The Horn of Azoth / Rodney Donahue -- Pt. 3 Japanese Connection -- Marvel and Toei / Miguel Angel Perez-Gomez -- Japanese Characters and Culture in Marvel's American Films / Stephen Miller --^
- Pt. 4 Setting Up the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- Sowing the Seeds: How 1990s Marvel Animation Facilitated Today's Cinematic Universe / Liam Burke -- Death of the First Marvel Television Universe / Arnold T. Blumberg -- Frozen in Ice: Captain America's Arduous Journey to the Silver Screen / David Ray Carter -- Primetime Heroics of Small Screen Avengers: Finding Sociopolitical Value in Marvel TV Movies / Jef Burnham -- Pt. 5 Attempt of Progressivism in the Marvel Universe -- Damsels in Transgress: The Empowerment of the Damsel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Joseph Walderzak -- Elektra: Critical Reception, Postfeminism and the Marvel Superheroine on Screen / Miriam Kent -- Gods and Freaks, Soldiers and Men: Gender, Technologies and Marvel's The Avengers / Jeremiah Favara -- Archetype or a Token? The Challenge of the Black Panther / Julian C. Chambliss -- Pt. 6 Genre Studies -- Daywalker: Reading Blade as Genre Hybridity / Naja Later --^
- Body vs. Technology: Iron Man: The Rise of Technovore and Cyberpunk Culture / Vanessa Gerhards -- On Your Stupid Earth: The De-Gerberized Duck / Rick Hudson -- Pt. 7 Anti-Hero -- Punishing the Punisher: Can Hollywood Ever Capture the Essence of the Character? / Cord A. Scott -- Hulk Smash Binaries / Ron Von Burg -- From Comic Book Anti-Hero to Cinematic Supervillain: The Transmedia Extension of Magneto / Joshua Wucher.
- ISBN
- 9780786443048
- 0786443049
- LCCN
- ^^2016009375
- OCLC
- 933438447
- SCSB-10718074
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library