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Informationen zum Autor Davis, Blair Klappentext Explores how this genre serves as a source for modern-day myths, sometimes even incorporating ancient mythic figures like Thor and Wonder Woman's Amazons, while engaging with the questions that haunt a post-9/11 world: How do we define heroism and morality today? How far are we willing to go when fighting terror? How can we resist a dystopian state? Zusammenfassung Explores how this genre serves as a source for modern-day myths, sometimes even incorporating ancient mythic figures like Thor and Wonder Woman's Amazons, while engaging with the questions that haunt a post-9/11 world: How do we define heroism and morality today? How far are we willing to go when fighting terror? How can we resist a dystopian state? Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1    Genre 2    Myth 3    Politics 4    Style Acknowledgments Notes Further Reading Works Cited Films Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Blair Davis
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780813588773
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-8877-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture; Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet