Ian Gordon
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The Superhero Symbol
Media, Culture, and Politics
Rutgers University Press
Bringing together superhero scholars and key industry figures The Superhero Symbol unmasks how superheroes have become so pervasive in media, culture, and politics. This timely collection explores how these powerful icons are among the entertainment industry’s most valuable intellectual properties, yet can be appropriated for everything from activism to cosplay and real-life vigilantism.
- Copyright year: 2020
Superman
The Persistence of an American Icon
By Ian Gordon
Rutgers University Press
Superman is an icon of the American Way. Examining his many appearances over eighty years in comics, films, television series, and other media, Ian Gordon explores the dynamic process of mythmaking surrounding the character. Digging into comics archives, he reveals the prominent roles fans and collectors have played in remembering, interpreting, and reimagining Superman’s iconography.
- Copyright year: 2017
The Superhero Symbol
Media, Culture, and Politics
Rutgers University Press
Bringing together superhero scholars and key industry figures The Superhero Symbol unmasks how superheroes have become so pervasive in media, culture, and politics. This timely collection explores how these powerful icons are among the entertainment industry’s most valuable intellectual properties, yet can be appropriated for everything from activism to cosplay and real-life vigilantism.
- Copyright year: 2020
Desegregating Comics
Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics
Edited by Qiana Whitted; By Qiana Whitted
Rutgers University Press
Desegregating Comics assembles a team of leading scholars to explore how debates about the representation of Blackness shaped both the production and reception of Golden Age comics. It examines not only the racial stereotypes that predominated, but also the innovations of Black comics artists and the activism of Black fans.
- Copyright year: 2023
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