Author:
McDowell, John C.
ImprintJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Descriptionx, 219 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Introduction: Why so serious? -- The super body-politic: nationally assembling Joss Whedon's exceptional The avengers -- "He was deceived by a lie": tragedy and the dark plague of the politics of fear in George Lucas' Star wars -- Dystopian polyvalence: emancipating the mediated life from The matrix.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index.