Captain America And The Crusade Against Evil

Author : Robert Jewett
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802828590
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil written by Robert Jewett and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2004-06-14 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grasping this vision honored by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike includes recognizing the dangers of zealous violence, the illusions of current crusading, and the promise of peaceful coexistence under international law.

Author : Robert Jewett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil written by Robert Jewett and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grasping this vision honored by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike includes recognizing the dangers of zealous violence, the illusions of current crusading, and the promise of peaceful coexistence under international law."--Jacket.

Author : John C. McDowell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476618208
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Big Fantasy written by John C. McDowell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films--Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers--this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide. What they all have in common ideologically is that they--or at least the genres they belong to--tend to be regarded as belonging to politically conservative frames of sociocultural reference. With the Star Wars saga, however, this idea is shown to be superficial and weak.

Author : J. Richard Stevens
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815653204
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain America, Masculinity, and Violence written by J. Richard Stevens and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1940, Captain America has battled his enemies in the name of American values, and as those values have changed over time, so has Captain America’s character. Because the comic book world fosters a close fan–creator dialogue, creators must consider their ever-changing readership. Comic book artists must carefully balance storyline continuity with cultural relevance. Captain America’s seventy-year existence spans from World War II through the Cold War to the American War on Terror; beginning as a soldier unopposed to offensive attacks against foreign threats, he later becomes known as a defender whose only weapon is his iconic shield. In this way, Captain America reflects America’s need to renegotiate its social contract and reinvent its national myths and cultural identity, all the while telling stories proclaiming an eternal and unchanging spirit of America. In Captain America, Masculinity, and Violence, Stevens reveals how the comic book hero has evolved to maintain relevance to America’s fluctuating ideas of masculinity, patriotism, and violence. Stevens outlines the history of Captain America’s adventures and places the unfolding storyline in dialogue with the comic book industry as well as America’s varying political culture. Stevens shows that Captain America represents the ultimate American story: permanent enough to survive for nearly seventy years with a history fluid enough to be constantly reinterpreted to meet the needs of an ever-changing culture.

Author : Richard A. Hall
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476688745
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain America and the American Journey, 1940-2022 written by Richard A. Hall and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-03-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain America made his debut in 1940, just two years behind the first comic book superheroes and five years before the United States' emergence as the world's primary superpower at the end of World War II. His journey has been intertwined with America's progress throughout the decades. Known as the "Sentinel of Liberty," he has frequently provided socio-political commentary on current events as well as inspiration and warnings concerning the future. This work explores the interconnected histories of the United States and Captain America, decade-by-decade, from the character's origins to Chris Evans' portrayal of him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It examines how Captain America's story provides a guide through America's tenure as a global superpower, holds a mirror up to American society, and acts as a constant reminder of what America can and should be.

Author : Robert Jewett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Monomyth written by Robert Jewett and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786453400
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero written by Robert G. Weiner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 60 years, Captain America was one of Marvel Comics' flagship characters, representing truth, strength, liberty, and justice. The assassination of his alter ego, Steve Rogers, rocked the comic world, leaving numerous questions about his life and death. This book discusses topics including the representation of Nazi Germany in Captain America Comics from the 1940s to the 1960s; the creation of Captain America in light of the Jewish American experience; the relationship between Captain America and UK Marvel's Captain Britain; the groundbreaking partnership between Captain America and African American superhero the Falcon; and the attempts made to kill the character before his "real" death.

Author : Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190461411
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and American Popular Culture written by Dan W. Clanton, Jr. and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The study of the reciprocal relationship between the Bible and popular culture has blossomed in the past few decades, and the time seems ripe for a broadly-conceived work that assesses the current state of the field, offers examples of work in that field, and suggests directions for further study. This Handbook includes a wide range of topics organized under several broad themes, including biblical characters and themes in popular culture; the Bible in popular cultural genres; "lived" examples; and a concluding section in which we take stock of methodologies like Reception History and the impact of the field on teaching and publishing. These topics are all addressed by focusing on specific examples from film, television, comics, music, literature, video games, science fiction, material culture, museums, and theme parks, to name a few. This book represents a major contribution to the field by some of its leading practitioners, and will be a key resource for the future development of the study of Bible and American popular culture"--

Author : Robert Jewett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Captain America Complex written by Robert Jewett and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Shelton Lawrence
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802825737
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the American Superhero written by John Shelton Lawrence and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the nation seems to yearn for redemption from the evils that threaten its tranquility, the authors maintain that Joseph Campbell's monomythic hero is alive and well, but significantly displaced, in American popular culture.