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Bloomsbury Academic Gotham City Living: The Social Dynamics in the Batman Comics and Media

Name: Gotham City Living: The Social Dynamics in the Batman Comics and Media
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
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Framing Gotham City as a microcosm of a modern-day metropolis, Gotham City Living posits this fictional setting as a hyper-aware archetype, demonstrative of the social, political and cultural tensions felt throughout urban America. Looking at the comics, graphic novels, films and television shows that form the Batman universe, this book demonstrates how the various creators of Gotham City have imagined a geography for the condition of America, the cast of characters acting as catalysts for a revaluation of established urban values. McCrystal breaks down representations of the city and its inhabitants into key sociological themes, focusing on youth, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, class disparity and criminality. Surveying comic strip publications from the mid-20th century to modern depictions, this book explores a wide range of material from the universe as well as the most contemporary depictions of the caped crusader not yet fully addressed in a scholarly context. These include the works of Tom King and Gail Simone; the films by Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton; and the Batman animated seriesand Gotham television shows. Covering characters from Batman and Robin to Batgirl, Catwoman and Poison Ivy, Gotham City Living examines the Batman franchise as it has evolved, demonstrating how the city presents a timeline of social progression (and regression) in urban American society. Review In this fascinating examination of the Batman comic book, television, and film adventures from 1939 to 2020, Erica McCrystal demonstrates how the enduring multimedia superhero franchise can help us understand the crisis of urban life in 20th and 21st century America, from the war on crime to gentrification to Black Lives Matter. Great stuff. --Marc DiPaolo, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, author of Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones About the Author Erica McCystal teaches and directs a graduate program in the Education and Mathematics Department at Centenary University in New Jersey, USA and she has contributed to the volumes The Artistry of Neil Gaiman: Finding Light in the Shadows (2019) and Gothic Studies (2018). McCrystal is creator and host of the podcast Villains 101.

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Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1350148903
Category: Books > Subjects > Comics & Graphic Novels > Genre > Super-Heroes
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 06 May 2021
Listed Since: 23 July 2020

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