UD COMICON 2024: Ideologies and Conventions of the Superhero Film Genre

UD COMICON 2024: Ideologies and Conventions of the Superhero Film Genre

Presenter(s)

Natalie Grace Bowers, Lauren Christine Clayton, Rose Gwendolyn Combs, Reanna N. Croasmun, Timothy J. Duvic, Kellyn Marie Hall, Alayah Danyelle Harris, Mary Horrigan, Isabella Jayden Jeck, Lucas Peter Johnson, Anna Lousie Kijovsky, Nathan Alexander Klanderman, Clara Elizabeth Kolaczkowski, Caedon Michael Kollin, James Stephen Larger, Erin Ann Lavelle, Christopher Thomas Reali, Evan Thomas Shannon, Harrison Joseph Smith, Michael J. Tomes

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Presentation: 9:00-12:20, Kennedy Union 310

Description

For over two decades, superhero movies were the dominant film form in U.S. cinema, with only recent years seeing this phenomenon abate. How did we get here, and what is the continuing effect of these superhero films on American film culture and global popular culture? The presentations for this panel will explore the superhero genre, considering how their films adhere to or defy genre conventions, challenge predominant American ideologies, and function as works of political economy.

Publication Date

4-17-2024

Project Designation

Course Project - CMM 346 01

Primary Advisor

Bob G. Joseph

Primary Advisor's Department

Communication

Keywords

Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Scholarship; Critical Evaluation of Our Times

UD COMICON 2024: Ideologies and Conventions of the Superhero Film Genre

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