東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

Sublime Origins: The Spectacle and P...

Borup, Whitney Elizabeth.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Sublime Origins: The Spectacle and Power of Early American Superheroes.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Sublime Origins: The Spectacle and Power of Early American Superheroes./
Author:	Borup, Whitney Elizabeth.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	271 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-10A(E).
Subject:	American studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10271016
ISBN:	9781369775600

Sublime Origins: The Spectacle and Power of Early American Superheroes.
Borup, Whitney Elizabeth.

Sublime Origins: The Spectacle and Power of Early American Superheroes. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 271 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2017.

With the introduction of Superman in Action Comics #1 (published June 1938), Americans became fascinated with superheroes. Following the immediate success of Superman, the comic book industry created hundreds of characters that defied and surpassed all human capabilities. Radio, television, advertising, traditional publishing, and the film industry recognized the monetary potential of superheroes and these characters very quickly began proliferating across American popular culture.

ISBN: 9781369775600Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122720
American studies.

Sublime Origins: The Spectacle and Power of Early American Superheroes.
LDR:02497nmm a2200325 4500 001 2126623
005 20171128150728.5
008 180830s2017 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9781369775600
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI10271016
035 $a AAI10271016
040 $a MiAaPQ $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Borup, Whitney Elizabeth. $3 3288732
245 1 0 $a Sublime Origins: The Spectacle and Power of Early American Superheroes.
260 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, $c 2017
300 $a 271 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-10(E), Section: A.
500 $a Adviser: Stuart K. Culver.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2017.
520 $a With the introduction of Superman in Action Comics #1 (published June 1938), Americans became fascinated with superheroes. Following the immediate success of Superman, the comic book industry created hundreds of characters that defied and surpassed all human capabilities. Radio, television, advertising, traditional publishing, and the film industry recognized the monetary potential of superheroes and these characters very quickly began proliferating across American popular culture.
520 $a The economic success of this genre might be unprecedented, but American interest in strong, charismatic, extraordinary figures prefigures the birth of the superhero. In both the political and social arenas of the 1930s and 1940s, not only in the U.S. but also globally, citizens were curious about the human potential to control and transcend physical limitations.
520 $a As a response to the fascism that threatened to overtake European countries, the United States produced their own strong leaders in mythic, fantastical, serial narratives. Embodying and evoking the sublime, superheroes astounded and terrified. They interact with a sublime aesthetic and paradoxically represent the appeal and irrevocable danger of absolute power. Through close readings of narratives about Superman, Batman, the Lone Ranger, Captain America, and Wonder Woman, I explore the contradictory nature of the sublime superhero, detailing how each character's origin story creates a figure who both celebrates and challenges the moral and political virtues of American society.
590 $a School code: 0240.
650 4 $a American studies. $3 2122720
650 4 $a American literature. $3 523234
650 4 $a Literature. $3 537498
690 $a 0323
690 $a 0591
690 $a 0401
710 2 $a The University of Utah. $b English. $3 1685476
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 78-10A(E).
790 $a 0240
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2017
793 $a English
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10271016