The Superhero Symbol – Media, Culture, and Politics Burke Gordon Ndalianis

The Superhero SymbolMedia, Culture, and Politics\nAuthor(s): Liam Burke, Ian Gordon, Angela Ndalianis, Liam Burke, Henry Jenkins, Neal Curtis, Jason Bainbridge, Mitchell Adams, Ian Gordon, Tara Lomax\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813597164, 978-0813597164\nSynopsis\nAs a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting. In the 2005 reboot of the Batman film franchise,Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can serve as a transcendent icon.\n It is hard to imagine a time when superheroes have been more pervasive in our culture. Today, superheroes are intellectual property jealously guarded by media conglomerates, icons co-opted by grassroots groups as a four-color rebuttal to social inequities, masks people wear to more confidently walk convention floors and city streets, and .