| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
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Routledge studies in cultural history |
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Routledge studies in cultural history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consumption. This edited collection aims to bridge this research void and brings together case studies by scholars from different parts of the world and diverse fields. They explore how transnational and transcultural processes of translation and adaptation shape notions of the heroic in non-Western and Western cultures alike. The book provides fresh perspectives on heroism studies and offers a new angle for global and postcolonial studies. |
| Biography |
Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg and principal investigator at the Freiburg Collaborative Research Center on Heroes, Heroizations and Heroisms. Simon Wendt is Professor of American Studies at the University of Frankfurt. Nicole Falkenhayner is Senior Lecturer in British Literary and Cultural Studies and principal investigator in the Collaborative Research Center on Heroes, Heroizations and Heroisms at the University of Freiburg. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Studying Heroism from a Global Perspective; 1 'Like a Cinema When the Last of the Audience Has Gone and Only the Staff Remain': Biggles and (Post- )Imperial Heroism; 2 Y'a Bon? Popularizing the Tirailleurs as Heroes of (Anti- )Colonialism; 3 Princess of a Different Kingdom: Cultural Imperialism, Female Heroism, and the Global Performance of Walt Disney's Mulan and Moana; 4 One Hero Fits All? Cultural Translations in Doctor Strange (2016) as 'Global Hero' Movie |
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5 Zashchitniki (Guardians): A Failed Russian-Soviet Answer to Superman and Batman6 'This Beast in the Shape of a Man': Right-Wing Populism, White Masculinity, and the Transnational Heroization of Donald Trump; 7 Axe and Helmet: The Widening Range of New York Firefighters as (Super- )Heroes; 8 Unlikely Tragic (Anti- )Heroes: Gangsters Translated into Hindi Films; 9 Heroism and the Pleasure and Pain of Mistranslation: The Case of The Act of Killing; 10 Shaolin Martial Arts Heroes in Industrial Hong Kong: Between Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Globalism |
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11 Interhuman. Interspecies. Global. Heroism in Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs (2018)12 Global Heroism as a Discursive Tradition: A Critical Response; Contributors; Index |
| Access |
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). WlAbNL |
| Terms Of Use |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Heroes in mass media.
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Courage in mass media.
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Heroes in popular culture.
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Heroes in motion pictures.
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Heroes.
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heroes.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY -- World.
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HISTORY -- Social History.
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Heroes in popular culture. (OCoLC)fst02008914
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Courage in mass media. (OCoLC)fst01985325
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Heroes. (OCoLC)fst00955558
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Heroes in mass media. (OCoLC)fst00955585
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Heroes in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00955587
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Korte, Barbara, 1957- editor.
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Wendt, Simon, editor.
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Falkenhayner, Nicole, 1976- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Heroism as a global phenomenon in contemporary culture. London : Routledge, 2019 9780367206659 (OCoLC)1090428339 |
| ISBN |
9780429553370 (electronic book) |
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0429553374 (electronic book) |
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9780429262784 (electronic book) |
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0429262787 (electronic book) |
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9780429562310 (electronic book ; Mobipocket) |
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0429562314 (electronic book ; Mobipocket) |
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9780429557842 (electronic book ; EPUB) |
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0429557841 (electronic book ; EPUB) |
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9780367206659 |
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036720665X |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780429262784. doi |
