We are living in the age of the superhero and we cannot deny it.
Avengers Assemble! is a vibrant and theoretically informed
interrogation of one of the defining and most financially
successful film franchises of the new millennium. In the first
single-authored monograph on the topic of the Marvel cinematic
universe, Terence McSweeney asks, "Why has the superhero genre
reemerged so emphatically in recent years?" In an age where people
have stopped going to the cinema as frequently as they used to,
they returned to it in droves for the superhero film. What is it
about these films that has resonated with audiences all around the
globe? Are they just disposable pop culture artifacts or might they
have something interesting to say about the fears and anxieties of
the world we live in today? Beginning with Iron Man in 2008, this
study provocatively explores both the cinematic and the televisual
branches of the series across ten dynamic and original chapters
from a diverse range of critical perspectives which analyse their
status as an embodiment of the changing industrial practices of the
blockbuster film and their symbolic potency as affective cultural
artifacts that are profoundly immersed in the turbulent political
climate of their era.
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