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876610
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McSweeney, Terence,1974-
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| Title & Author
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Avengers assemble! : : critical perspectives on the Marvel cinematic universe /\ Terence McSweeney.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Wallflower Press,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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1 online resource (vii, 310 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0231851227
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023118624X
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0231186258
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9780231186247
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9780231186254
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Includes filmography (pages 269-272), bibliographical references (pages 273-301), and index.
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| Contents
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1. 'That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it ... and it's worked out pretty well so far' : The Stark doctrine in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 -- 2. Allegorical narratives of gods and monsters : Thor and The Incredible Hulk -- 3. State fantasy and the superhero : (Mis)remembering World War II in Captain America : The First Avenger -- 4. 'Seeing ... still working on believing!' : The ethics and aesthetics of destruction in The Avengers -- 5. 'Nothing's been the same since New York' : Ideological continuity and change in Iron Man 3 and Thor : The Dark World -- 6. 'The world has changed and none of us can go back' : The illusory moral ambiguities of the Post-9/11 superhero in Captain America : The Winter Soldier -- 7. Blurring the boundaries of genre and gender in Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man -- 8. 'Isn't that why we fight? So we can end the fight and go home?' : The enduring American monomyth in Avengers : Age of Ultron -- 9. 'What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for?' : The MCU on the small screen in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel's Agent Carter -- 10. The necessary vigilantism of the defenders : Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
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We are living in the age of the superhero and we cannot deny it. 'Avengers Assemble!' is a vibrant and theoretically informed interrogation of one of the defining and most financially successful film franchises of the new millennium.
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Marvel Comics Group.
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Marvel Comics Group.
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Avengers (Fictitious characters)
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Comic strip characters in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures and comic books.
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Superhero films-- History and criticism.
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ART / Techniques / Drawing.
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Avengers (Fictitious characters)
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Comic strip characters in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures and comic books.
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Superhero films.
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| Dewey Classification
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741.5/973
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.S76
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