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A Hero in All of Us? - Heroism and American Political Thought as Seen on TV
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Lexington Books
Sivumäärä: 214 sivua
Asu: Kovakantinen kirja
Julkaisuvuosi: 2024, 22.08.2024 (lisätietoa)
Kieli: Englanti
Is heroism possible for everyone? Should it be? What kinds of stories do we tell when we talk about heroes and what do these stories reveal about how we view ourselves? This book takes up these questions and more by reflecting on twenty-first century American television shows. Among the shows examined are Only Murders in the Building, Game of Thrones, The Good Lord Bird, The Boys, and Severance. What we find is an entertainment landscape unsure about what a hero is or even what qualifies as heroic. In a nation uncertain about heroism, we see a dramatic rise in the popularity of the anti-hero and even in worlds without heroes. This fragmented variety highlights how the American political mind is similarly fragmented in what it believes are its highest aspirations—and its deepest anxieties. It is this fragmentation that may help us understand why twenty-first century entertainment has elevated the heroic to the supernatural while simultaneously democratizing heroism to the point where anyone may become one. A Hero in All of Us?: Heroism and American Political Thought as Seen on TV explores this multifaceted landscape to better understand how Americans view their heroes and themselves.

Contributions by: Jacob Boros, Martin Claar, Stephen Clouse, Catherine Craig, Aaron Kushner, S. Adam Seagrave, Trevor Shelley, Benjamin Slomski

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