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010 $a 2014046064
020 $a9781626746794 (ebook)
020 $z9781628462388 (hardback)
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084 $aLIT017000$aSOC022000$2bisacsh
245 04 $aThe Joker :$ba serious study of The Clown Prince of Crime /$cedited by Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert G. Weiner.
263 $a1504
264 1 $aJackson :$bUniversity Press of Mississippi,$c2015.
300 $a1 online resource.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Along with Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, the Joker stands out as one of the most recognizable comics characters in popular culture. While there has been a great deal of scholarly attention on superheroes, very little has been done to understand supervillains. This is the first academic work to provide a comprehensive study of this villain, illustrating why the Joker appears so relevant to audiences today. Batman's foe has cropped up in thousands of comics, numerous animated series, and three major blockbuster feature films since 1966. Actually, the Joker debuted in DC comics Batman 1 (1940) as the typical gangster, but the character evolved steadily into one of the most ominous in the history of sequential art. Batman and the Joker almost seemed to define each other as opposites, hero and nemesis, in a kind of psychological duality. Scholars from a wide array of disciplines look at the Joker through the lens of feature films, video games, comics, politics, magic and mysticism, psychology, animation, television, performance studies, and philosophy. As the first volume that examines the Joker as complex cultural and cross-media phenomenon, this collection adds to our understanding of the role comic book and cinematic villains play in the world and the ways various media affect their interpretation. Connecting the Clown Prince of Crime to bodies of thought as divergent as Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche, contributors demonstrate the frightening ways in which we get the monsters we need"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588 $aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650 0 $aJoker (Fictitious character)
650 0 $aComic books, strips, etc.$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aPeaslee, Robert Moses,$d1973-$eeditor.
700 1 $aWeiner, Robert G.,$d1966-$eeditor.
776 08 $iPrint version:$tJoker$dJackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2015$z9781628462388$w(DLC) 2014042189
856 40 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1343/2926597/image/lgcover.9781628462388.jpg