Pt. 1 Myth -- "Yeah? Well, MY god has a HAMMER!": Myth-Taken Identity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Jeff Massey -- "The terms of the contract have changed": How Ghost Rider Carries on Goethe's Faustian Tradition / Thomas Simko -- Transformers: The Movie: Making Modern Mythology the Marvel Way / Jason Bainbridge -- You Can't Stop Her: Elektra Re-Configured / Daniel Binns -- Pt. 2 Licensed Properties -- Dare to Be Stupid: The Fetishization of Heavy Metal and the New in Transformers: The Movie / Eric Garneau -- Science Fiction in G.I. Joe: The Movie: Its Influence, Origin, Introduction and Development / Liam T. Webb -- Conan the Destroyer of a Franchise? Analyzing and Evaluating the Adaptive and Narrative Features of Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer and The Horn of Azoth / Rodney Donahue -- Pt. 3 Japanese Connection -- Marvel and Toei / Miguel Angel Perez-Gomez -- Japanese Characters and Culture in Marvel's American Films / Stephen Miller -- Pt. 4 Setting Up the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- Sowing the Seeds: How 1990s Marvel Animation Facilitated Today's Cinematic Universe / Liam Burke -- Death of the First Marvel Television Universe / Arnold T. Blumberg -- Frozen in Ice: Captain America's Arduous Journey to the Silver Screen / David Ray Carter -- Primetime Heroics of Small Screen Avengers: Finding Sociopolitical Value in Marvel TV Movies / Jef Burnham -- Pt. 5 Attempt of Progressivism in the Marvel Universe -- Damsels in Transgress: The Empowerment of the Damsel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Joseph Walderzak -- Elektra: Critical Reception, Postfeminism and the Marvel Superheroine on Screen / Miriam Kent -- Gods and Freaks, Soldiers and Men: Gender, Technologies and Marvel's The Avengers / Jeremiah Favara -- Archetype or a Token? The Challenge of the Black Panther / Julian C. Chambliss -- Pt. 6 Genre Studies -- Daywalker: Reading Blade as Genre Hybridity / Naja Later -- Body vs. Technology: Iron Man: The Rise of Technovore and Cyberpunk Culture / Vanessa Gerhards -- On Your Stupid Earth: The De-Gerberized Duck / Rick Hudson -- Pt. 7 Anti-Hero -- Punishing the Punisher: Can Hollywood Ever Capture the Essence of the Character? / Cord A. Scott -- Hulk Smash Binaries / Ron Von Burg -- From Comic Book Anti-Hero to Cinematic Supervillain: The Transmedia Extension of Magneto / Joshua Wucher.
Summary:
"This collection of new essays is the first to explore the historical, textual and cultural context of the larger cinematic Marvel universe, including serials, animated films, television movies, non-U.S. versions of Marvel characters, films featuring characters licensed by Marvel, and the contemporary Cinematic Universe as conceived by Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios"-- Provided by publisher.
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