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Informationen zum Autor IAN GORDON is an associate professor of history at the National University of Singapore. His books include Comic Strips and Consumer Culture, Comics and Ideology and Film and Comic Books. Klappentext Explores Superman's status as an American icon and examines how a fictional character has managed to sustain that pre-eminent standing for almost eighty years. Superman is shown by Gordon to be an amalgam of factors including myth, memory, nostalgia, intellectual property regimes, authors, readers, fans, collectors, comics, radio series, movie serials, television shows, animation, toys, and feature films. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon 1 Superman Mythos and History 2 Ideology and Morality 3 Superman: The Object of Nostalgia 4 Production, Authorship, and Ownership 5 Readers and Audiences 6 Superman the Brand and Beyond Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
