The Superhero Costume
eBook - PDF

The Superhero Costume

Identity and Disguise in Fact and Fiction

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Superhero Costume

Identity and Disguise in Fact and Fiction

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

Costume defines the superhero, disguising and distinguishing him or her from the civilian alter ego. The often garish garb expresses a hero's otherness and empowers its wearers to seek a primal form of justice. This book provides the first interdisciplinary analysis of the superhero costume and investigates wide-ranging issues such as identity, otherness, ritual dress and disguise. Analysis focuses on the implications of wearing superhero costume, exploring interpretations of the costumed hero and the extent to which the costume defines his or her role. Using examples across various media (comic books, film, and television) with case studies including The X-Men, Watchmen, real-life superheroes such as Phoenix Jones and Pussy Riot, and audience activities such as cosplay, The Superhero Costume presents new perspectives on the increasingly popular genre. A lively and thorough account of superhero fashions throughout history, The Superhero Costume will be essential reading for students of visual culture, popular culture, fashion and cultural studies.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access The Superhero Costume by Barbara Brownie, Danny M Graydon in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Design & Fashion Design. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2015
ISBN
9781472595935
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Halftitle page
  3. series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. CONTENTS
  7. ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. PART ONE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION
  10. 1 SUPERMAN: CODIFYING THE SUPERHERO WARDROBE
  11. 2 IDENTITY, ROLE AND THE MASK
  12. 3 EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION: FORM VERSUS FUNCTION
  13. PART TWO IDENTITIES AND IDEALS
  14. 4 WEARING THE FLAG: PATRIOTISM AND GLOBALIZATION
  15. 5 DRESSING UP, DRESSING DOWN: A SPECTACLE OF OTHERNESS, AND THE ORDINARINESS OF THE CIVILIAN ALTER-EGO
  16. 6 CHANNELING THE BEAST
  17. PART THREE HARSH REALITIES
  18. 7 SUPERHEROES AND THE FASHION OF BEING UNFASHIONABLE
  19. 8 SUPERHERO COSPLAY
  20. 9 REAL-LIFE SUPERHEROES
  21. PART FOUR CASE STUDIES
  22. Introduction to case studies
  23. 10 WATCHMEN
  24. 11 IRON MAN
  25. 12 THE X-MEN
  26. NOTES
  27. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  28. INDEX