Mapping Smallville: Critical Essays on the Series and Its CharactersCory Barker, Chris Ryan, Myc Wiatrowski McFarland, 9 ביולי 2014 - 224 עמודים One of the first full-length academic projects on the television series Smallville, this collection of new essays explains why the WB/CW series is important to understanding contemporary popular culture. The essays are presented in four sections covering broad categories: Clark Kent's metamorphosis to Superman and the influence of his parents and the home; the role of the series' noteworthy female characters; the series' representations of the Other, explorations of identity, and the ways in which characters speak to Clark's own struggles; and audience reception of the series and its position within the Superman narrative universe. |
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Archetypes and Mythic Structures | |
The Superheros Shaping by His Archetypal | |
Domesticity andtheMale Hero | |
Sidekicks orHeroines?The Feminist Successes and Failures | |
Tess Mercer as EthicalHeroPETER MELVILLE | |
UnMasking the Signified Other | |
Model Immigration and Supermans | |
The Inconsistency of Smallvilles | |
Sites of Nostalgia and AffectGREGORY | |
Selected Bibliography | |
About the Contributors | |
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