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Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In this forensic examination of texts that have featured the signifier batman during the past 60 years, brooker post modern after images investigates four key moments in batman s historydmoments. Brooker reveals the struggles over batman s meaning by shining a light on the cultural issues of the day that impacted on the development of the character. This fascinating book examines what batman means and has meant to the various audiences. Will brooker a work of scholarship and a labor of love. Brooker reveals the struggles over batman s meaning by shining a light on the cultural issues of. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons. Brookers account is bolstered by his fan expertise. Analyzing a cultural icon what inspired you to write batman unmasked. My phd plans began around 1994 as a study of masculinity in the mainstream cinema of the 1990s, and batman was a small aspect of. Analysing a cultural icon reprint by will brooker isbn. Brooker reveals the struggles over batmans meaning by shining a light on the cultural issues of the day that impacted on the development of the character. Sep 18, 2001 this fascinating book examines what batman means and has meant to the various audiences, groups and communities who have tried to control and interpret him over the decades. Over the sixty years of his existence, batman has encountered an impressive array of cultural icons and has gradually become one himself.
Will brooker is a writer and academic, professor of film and cultural studies at kingston university and an author of several books of cultural studies dealing with elements of modern pop culture and fandom, specifically batman, star wars and alice in wonderland. Will brooker firmly places himself somewhere in the middle of the spectrum with unmasked. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. At the time of writing he was professor of film and cultural studies at kingston university. The process of identification is subjective, and icons are judged by the extent to which they can be seen as an authentic proxy of that culture. This isnt a simple polemic or surfaceshallow analysis. This is the extension of will brookers phd thesis and is. Sep 20, 20 this fascinating book examines what batman means and has meant to the various audiences, groups and communities who have tried to control and interpret him over the decades. Batman unmasked analyzing a cultural icon hc 2000 continuum comic books.
The idea of analyzing batman as a serious cultural icon may seem laughable until one realizes that there is some sixty years of history to the character and his companions. Analyzing a cultural icon by will brooker 20010918. In the years since your books release, batman has continued to take new. The caped crusader, says will brooker in batman unmasked. Brooker, a british popstudies prof whose gotham cityrelated ph. It is a look at the development throughout the generations of the mythos of batman and what he means. Will brooker over the sixty years of his existence, batman has encountered an impressive array of cultural icons and has gradually become one himself.
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