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Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero: Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics
Jason Dittmer
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Description for Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero: Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics
Paperback.
Highlights the unique relationship between popular culture and international relations
Highlights the unique relationship between popular culture and international relations
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439909775
SKU
V9781439909775
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99-50
About Jason Dittmer
Jason Dittmer is Reader in Human Geography at University College London. He is also author of Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity and coeditor (with Tristan Sturm) of Mapping the End Times: American Evangelical Geopolitics and Apocalyptic Visions.
Reviews for Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero: Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics
"[A] novel and provocative analysis about how the figure of the 'nationalist superhero' reflects, consolidates, and propels the nationalistic metaphors and narratives that are inextricable elements of the modern nation-state and of the modern, self-governing citizen... Dittmer's tome is theoretically informed and sophisticated. It makes a compelling case for the position that the ways that a people entertains itself, its ... Read more