Representation of defense organizations in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008-2019)

  1. Juan Medina-Contreras
  2. Pedro Sangro-Colón 1
  1. 1 Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
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    Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02jj93564

Zeitschrift:
Comunicación y sociedad = Communication & Society

ISSN: 2386-7876

Datum der Publikation: 2020

Ausgabe: 33

Nummer: 4

Seiten: 19-32

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.15581/003.33.4.19-32 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen Access editor

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Zusammenfassung

Homeland security and defense are common themes in superhero films. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is formed by more than twenty films made over the course of a decade (2008-2019), during the government of three different Presidents of the United States. In this paper we analyze the diminishing representation of real defense forces in the MCU films. How the interference of the superhero is used as a narrative excuse to suggest a lack of or deficiencies in the law concerning freedom and defense is also studied, as well as how the films make a metaphorical discourse about the historical reality after September 11th.

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