[Commlist] New book: Superheroes and Contemporary Cultures

Intellect is pleased to share that /Superheroes and Contemporary 
Cultures 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/superheroes-and-contemporary-cultures>//, 
/edited by Torsten Caeners and Danny Graydon, is now available in hardback.

A global, interdisciplinary dive into superheroes and their cultural 
power across media. Offering a global and interdisciplinary perspective 
on the superhero genre across comics, television, and film, this book 
presents a diverse range of contemporary superhero scholarship. It 
combines close readings of iconic characters like Batman, Iron Man, and 
Watchmen with critical analysis of broader cultural and societal 
discourses. The volume explores how superheroes reflect and problematize 
ideology, the military-industrial complex, and notions of public and 
private responsibility. Key themes include identity construction through 
secret identities and masking, as well as cultural and personal grief 
and trauma in relation to race and politics. Designed for students, 
scholars, and fans alike, this work reveals the enduring mainstream 
appeal of superheroes and their complex intersections with global 
popular culture.


*_Table of Contents
_*
*Acknowledgements
Preface *– /Torsten Caeners and Danny Graydon/
*Introduction:* By Any Other Name? Re-thinking the Concept and 
Definition of the Superhero – /Torsten Caeners/

*_Section I: Investigating Batman and/in Society_*
*Chapter 1:* Ideology in the Superhero Film: Batman and Neoliberal 
Fantasy – /Robert Hyland/
*Chapter 2:* Leather Wings and Broken Things: The Negotiation of 
Cyclical Trauma by the Dynamic Duo – /Mikayla Laird/
*Chapter 3:* The Dark Right Rises: Bat-Manhood, Populist Heroism and 
Übermensch Aesthetics in Sublime/Uncanny Cinema – /Caleb Turner/
*Chapter 4:* Batman and the Infinite Loop of Delinquent Production – 
/Ewald Frühberger/

*_Section II: Investigating the Superhero Discourse through Cross-Medial 
and Meta-Textual Perspectives_*
*Chapter 5:* /Ready Player One/ and the New Mirror Stage: Superheroes, 
Virtual Reality and the Ideal Self – /Jessica Hoffmann/
*Chapter 6:* Masks, Values, and Society: The Evolution of Superheroes 
into Antiheroes Since the Dark Age – /Marco Favaro/
*Chapter 7:* Not Every Hero Is Super: Unmasking the Super in Heroes of 
HBO’s /Watchmen /– /Alex von Ommen/
*Chapter 8:* ‘It’s a Strange World. Let’s Keep It That Way’: Warren 
Ellis and the Dominance of New Sincerity Superheroes – /Rafael Alves 
Azevedo/
*Chapter 9:* Platonist Reflections on the Darkest Knight – /Jean-Guy 
Ducreux/
*Chapter 10: *The Superhero Logo Visual Codes: A Superman Legacy – 
/Bruno Porto/

*_Section III: Cultural Negotiations in the Marvel Comic and Cinematic 
Universes_*
Chapter 11: Derridean Responsibility in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – 
/Torsten Caeners/
Chapter 12: Thanos the Machiavellian Hero – /Svenja Kolpack/
Chapter 13: The Idylls of Small-Town America: Strategies of Overcoming 
Trauma and Grief in /WandaVision/ – /Stefanie Caeners/

*Notes on Contributors
Index*

Please visit our website for more information:
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