The Dark Knight’s Dystopian Vision: Batman, Risk, and American National Identity
This essay argues that Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001-02) are grounded in a specific type of anticipatory consciousness that we read as risk consciousness. With their sustained and systematic confrontation of risk discourses, the...
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Main Authors: | Jeanne Cortiel, Laura Oehme |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2015-08-01
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10916 |
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