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Title: Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon by Will Brooker ISBN: 0-8264-1343-9 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant and entertaining
Comment: This is a rare thing - a scholarly study that you can't put down. It's beautifully written, enlightening and thoroughly researched all at once. I strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the Batman in particular or popular culture in particular. Superb.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant. We need more books like this.
Comment: The idea of analyzing Batman as a serious cultural icon may seem laughable - until one realizes that there is some sixty years of history to the character and his companions. Batman has been there through most of the 20th Century, so there's something to analyze.
This is not a pop culture book - this is an analysis of culture. Serious, insightful, footnote-heavy analysis. This is not for the casual comics fan - this is for people who love comics and their culture and want some insight into that culture and that history.
This book analyzes batman in "blocks" of time. From the creation, to the war years, to the 50's, the 60's, the 70's, and beyond. Examples of interpretations, misinterpretations, and historical impact are given, at times in incredible detail (such as panel-by-panel analysis of a comic issue).
Without giving anything away about the book, this analysis looks at how Batman came to be, what themes have endured, and how the times have (and haven't) affected him. Most interestingly, the "dark eras" of the comics Inquisition of the 50's and the controversial pop-interpretation of the 60's are examined in detail - and some startiling revelations and interpretations are made.
The problem with reviewing this book is that I can't do it justice and don't wish to spoil the readers. However, simply, if you care about comics in general or Batman in particular, and like to understand the deep issues of culture, buy it. Buy several - give them to friends. It's worth it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding
Comment: Batman unmasked is the quintisential exploration into the role of Batman as a cultural icon. It is a must read for those who have followed the 'caped crusader' in print, television and the cinema.
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Title: Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Studies in Popular Culture) by Richard Reynolds ISBN: 0878056947 Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society by Danny Fingeroth, Stan Lee ISBN: 0826415407 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Batman: The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Dark Knight by Les Daniels, Chip Kidd ISBN: 0811824705 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Batman Masterpieces: Portraits of the Dark Knight and His World by Ruth Morrison, Doug Moench ISBN: 082300466X Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Read Superhero Comics and Why by Geoff Klock ISBN: 0826414192 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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