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Superheroes in Contemporary Media
Introduction
Foreward: Superheroes in Contemporary Media
Morgan Oddie & Dan Vena
Pages 1-4 | First Published: April 2019
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Articles
Holding Out for a Hero(ine): An Examination of the Presentation and Treatment of Female Superheroes in Marvel Movies
Robyn Joffe
Pages 5-19 | First Published: April 2019
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Same Image, Different Lens: Revisiting the Critical Reception of Two Different Generations of Cinematic Superheroism
Kaitlyn Adier Cummings
Pages 20-36 | First Published: April 2019
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Recycling the Other: The Role of Nostalgia in Superhero Comics’ Orientalism
Nao Tomabechi
Pages 37-46 | First Published: April 2019
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‘I am also a we’: The Interconnected, Intersectional Superheroes of Netflix’s Sense8
James M. Elrod
Pages 47-57 | First Published: April 2019
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‘I was swallowed by metaphor and digested by self-loathing’: De-toxifying Masculinity in Gail Simone’s Secret Six
Peter Cullen Bryan
Pages 58-66 | First Published: April 2019
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Salaryman Masculinity in One-Punch Man‘s Kynical Narrative
Joe Yang
Pages 67-77 | First Published: April 2019
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Plot Twist or Plot Hole? Public Debate About Secret Empire and American Identity Crisis
Megan Genovese
Pages 78-90 | First Published: April 2019
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The Dissolving Panopticon: Surveillance Culture and Liquid Modernity in Spider-Man Media
Dave Stanley
Pages 91-104 | First Published: April 2019
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