Politicizing the superhero genre: The case of Watchmen (HBO, 2019)
The HBO limited television series Watchmen (2019) represents a politically engaged superhero television show, marking a shift in recent efforts to render the genre more inclusive in terms of gender and race. Specifically, in mixing fictional and real events surrounding racial violence, such as the 1...
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University of Pittsburgh
2022-12-01
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Series: | CINEJ Cinema Journal |
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Online Access: | https://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/509 |