The Force of The Umbrella Academy

Essays on Voices and Violence in the Comics and Netflix Series

Buch | Softcover

178 Seiten

2021
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8200-6 (ISBN)

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These essays give a voice to the misunderstood family members of The Umbrella Academy in the comic book series and its highly popular Netflix adaptation. They explore different forces, including individualism, identity, family, and feminism.

Even as the major superhero film franchises appear to be exhausting their runs The Umbrella Academy demonstrates that the superhero genre is still extremely effective at creating role models with lasting psychological resonance and allegories with extraordinary emotional impact. These essays give a voice to the misunderstood family members of The Umbrella Academy in the comic book series and its highly popular Netflix adaptation. They explore different forces like individualism, identity, family, and feminism. One of the most striking features that unites these concepts is the linkage between violence with voice, as well as violence's aestheticized depiction.

Lisann Anders’ research interests include literary adaptations in film and popular culture from Shakespeare to Disney. She lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Lisann Anders

Part 1: Forces of Identity

Gothic Academy: Horror and Crookedness in a Haunted Household

Kathleen Shaughnessy

Liminal Spaces: Being Alone in a House That Isn’t Home

Miranda Johnsen

Superheroes, Transnational Adoption, and Hegelian Estrangement

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns

Part 2: Forces of Otherness

Artifice and the Superheroes of the 21st Century: Post-Cinematic Reflections on Constructedness

Morgane A. Ghilardi

Extraordinary Bodies and the Language of Pain: Disability in Apocalypse Suite and Dallas

Dana Fore

Part 3: Forces of Violence

Domestic Abuse: Normative Violence and Child-Superheroes

Alokparna Sen

Crystal Moments: Sites of Music and Violence

Lisann Anders

Dissonance: Striking a Chord Through the Silencing of Women’s Voices

J.E. Hornsby

About the Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.12.2021
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliographies, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	245 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-8200-3 / 1476682003
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8200-6 / 9781476682006
Zustand	Neuware