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Superpower: Heroes, Ghosts, and the Paranormal in American Culture (Extraordinary World) - Softcover

Booker, M. Keith

 
9780803232891: Superpower: Heroes, Ghosts, and the Paranormal in American Culture (Extraordinary World)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803232896 ISBN 13: 9780803232891
Verlag: Combined Academic Publ., 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Supernatural and superhuman elements have been prominent in American culture from the time of the New England Puritans’ intense emphasis on religion. Superpower surveys the appearance of supernatural and superhuman elements in American culture, focusing on the American fascination with narratives involving supernatural adventure, superhuman heroes, and vast conspiracies driven by supernatural evil. In particular, M. Keith Booker suggests that the popularity of such themes indicates a deep-seated dissatisfaction with the rationalized world of contemporary American society. Booker details the development of the national myths underlying the characters of Superman, Batman, and Spiderman; television hits from Star Trek to Lost; and the franchises of Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lord of the Rings.
This culture-spanning investigation begins with a historical survey of supernatural and superhuman themes in American culture and concludes with the recent upsurge that began in the 1990s. It then turns to various works of recent popular culture with supernatural and superhuman themes such as Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, organized according to the desires to which these works respond. What do these fantasies reveal about what it means to be American today—and what we want it to mean?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

M. Keith Booker is the James E. and Ellen Wadley Roper Professor of English and the director of the program in comparative literature and cultural studies at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of several books, including Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture and From Box Office to Ballot Box: The American Political Film.

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Verlag
Combined Academic Publ.
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803232896
ISBN 13 
9780803232891
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
204
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