Masked Thinkers? Politics and Ideology in the Contemporary Superhero Film by Rodrigo Muñoz-González

“…This article analyzes the ideological representations in the discourse of contemporary superhero films. In recent years, there has been a tendency in the genre: The characters have become more self-conscious of their roles, even questioning the ‘greater good’ that they are trying to achieve. …”
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“Life Savers”: Technology and White Masculinities in Twitter-Based Superhero Film Promotion by Kelsey Cummings

“…Drawing from social media studies and the literature on American economic decline and conceptualizations of gender and sexuality, this article asks how Twitter’s medium-specific features can be understood through an examination of its representational qualities in the context of the promotion of two contemporary superhero films. The accounts @BatmanvSuperman and @SpiderManMovie provide case studies of film promotion that uses Twitter’s particularities as a platform in order to advance distinct narratives about the films being promoted, via original tweets and retweets that, respectively, represent differing approaches to advertisement. …”
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Batman film series: friedrich nietzsche’s beyond good and evil in hollywood superhero films / Mohamad Faez Yahya by Yahya, Mohamad Faez

“…This research focuses on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil which can be found in the Hollywood Superhero films. This philosophy summarizes on the complex of characters and characteristics of human beings in terms of morality. …”
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Battle scars: Wonder Woman, aesthetic geopolitics and disfigurement in Hollywood film by Kirby, P

“…Wonder Woman (2017) has been one of the most lucrative entries in the recent superhero film canon. With a female lead and director, it has also proven a rich text for feminist analysis. …”

Superhero as Metaphor: Using Creative Pedagogies to Engage by Christie Burton

“…This qualitative study uses content analysis to explore how students’ understanding of ethics concepts changed over time after viewing a superhero film and writing with metaphor. A pre-test post-test design was used, where students in an undergraduate management course completed a writing assignment before and after experiencing the film. …”
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Becoming Space in Every Direction: Birdman as Post-cinematic Baroque by Saige Walton

“…As with the formal and affective uplift of the musical and superhero film genres as well as the importance of movement in historic baroque forms, Birdman defies the horizontal plane. …”
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Dekonstruksi Representasi Perempuan pada Poster Film Pahlawan Super Produksi Hollywood by Shienny Megawati Sutanto

“…Representation of woman characters in the superhero film genre started to improve since the last decade. …”
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KEPUTUSAN ORANG TUA DALAM MENGIJINKAN ANAK MENONTON FILM YANG MENGANDUNG UNSUR KEKERASAN by Refrida Chandra Wardani

“…Keywords: children, parental decisions, superhero films, violence films…”
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Representation of defense organizations in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008-2019) by Juan Medina-Contreras, Pedro Sangro-Colón

“…Homeland security and defense are common themes in superhero films. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is formed by more than twenty films made over the course of a decade (2008-2019), during the government of three different Presidents of the United States. …”
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Blockbuster de science-fiction : étendue, extension, morcellement du territoire by Gaspard Delon

“…The market share of science fiction cinema within North American production (difficult to assess because of the overlap between SF cinema, horror, disaster films or superhero films) is limited but significant and expanding, sometimes spectacularly, in the 2000s. …”
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Justification of panopticon in superhero movies: The Batman Movie by Azime Cantaş, Aytekin Can

“…This article aims to reveal how panoptiism, a particular mode of disciplinary power used by Foucault, is normalized in superhero films. When surveillance and gaze practices are approached from the point of view of cinema; the question of how the gaze is positioned through the camera, where and through whose eyes the audience is looking, arises. …”
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Pax in Terra: Superman and the Problem of Power in Superman Returns and Man of Steel by Kwasu David Tembo

“…On the May 19, 2017 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher's attacked the exponential rise in the popularity of superhero films and television shows over the past decade, citing 'superhero culture' as the cause of America's current socio-political apathy, disaffection, and complacency. …”
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Aquaman the Movie, Through the Lens of Feminists by Proud Arunrangsiwed, Muntira Seedoung

“…The authors of this paper suggested that film audiences might be able to learn the equality and empowerment through non-superhero films better, because people could imitate prosocial behaviors from the media character with a similar attribute than from superhero characters. …”
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Gundala and Gatotkaca in the concept of modern Indonesian superheroes: Comparative analysis of the Indonesian and American superheroes by Deswandito Dwi Saptanto, Maya Kurnia Dewi

“…The purpose of this study is to compare Indonesian and American superhero films in order to understand the complete concept of depicting Indonesian superheroes in the process of switching from comics to films comparing with the same concepts in American superheroes. …”
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