TY - BOOK ID - 16132798 TI - Anatomy of the Superhero Film PY - 2017 SN - 3319579223 3319579215 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Superhero films KW - Human body in motion pictures. KW - History and criticism. KW - Body, Human, in motion pictures KW - Comic strip superhero films KW - Comic strip superheroes films KW - Superheroes films KW - Motion pictures KW - Fantasy films KW - Science fiction films KW - Film genres. KW - Motion pictures. KW - Motion pictures-United States. KW - United States-Study and teaching. KW - Genre. KW - Film Theory. KW - American Cinema and TV. KW - American Culture. KW - Cinema KW - Feature films KW - Films KW - Movies KW - Moving-pictures KW - Audio-visual materials KW - Mass media KW - Performing arts KW - Genre films KW - Genres, Film KW - Motion picture genres KW - History and criticism KW - Plots, themes, etc. KW - Motion pictures—United States. KW - United States—Study and teaching. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16132798 AB - This book addresses what a superhero body can do by developing several “x-rays” of the superbody’s sensoria, anatomic structures, internal systems, cellular organizations, and orthotic, chemical, or technological enhancements. In short, these x-rays offer what we might describe as a metamorpho-physiological approach to the superheroes in feature films, theatrical cartoon shorts, and Netflix television series. This approach examines the ways in which the “substance” of superheroes, which includes their masks, costumes, chevrons, weapons, and auras, extends into the diegetic environment of the film, transgressing it, transforming it, and corporealizing it, making it emblematic of the shape, dimensions, contours, and organismic workings of one or more of our major organs, members, orifices, fluids, or cell clusters. Thus the superhero film, as this study claims, works to make us more aware of the mutability, adaptability, modifiability, and virtual capabilities of our own flesh. ER -