The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BPHJCXM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 149 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Another Great Weldon Book" according to Amazon Customer. Glen Weldon first wrote my favorite book to date on the history, real world effect, and many iterations of Superman. Now he has done an equally well researched and compelling book on Batman. Even the most deeply entrenched fans of the character are such to find new information on the lore surrounding the Batman in The Caped Crusade. Stro. Wells Maine said Treadmill Treasure. I've tried audiobooks at the gym a dozen times, and this is the only one I've gotten all the way through, the only one that made me look forward to the treadmill. It's Weldon's writing, for sure, which is a perfect blend of makes-you-feel-like-you're-learning-stuff prose and pretty good jokes that remind you that this is about Batman aft. "Nerds versus Normals" according to M. L. Asselin. Glen Weldon—author, critic, and effervescent panelist on NPR’s “Pop Culture Happy Hour” —writes of the Batman phenomenon from the standpoint of nerds versus “normals” cultures in the United States (and, presumably, beyond). His splendid book, “The Caped Crusade,” assumes that there is
It's this endlessly mutable quality that has made him so enduring. A witty, intelligent cultural history from NPR book critic Glen Weldon explains Batman's rises and falls throughout the ages - and what his story tells us about ourselves. How we perceive Batman's character, whether he's delivering dire threats in a raspy Christian Bale growl or trading blithely homoerotic double entendres with partner Robin on the comics page, speaks to who we are and how we wish to be seen by the world. And it's Batman's fundamental nerdiness - his gadgets, his obsession, his oath, even his lack of superpowers - that uniquely resonates with his fans who feel a fiercely protective love for the character. Which is what makes Batman the perfect lens through which to understand geek culture, its current popularity, and its social significance. For more than three-quarters of a century, he has cycled from a figure of darkness to one of lightness and back again; he's a bat-shaped Rorschach inkblot who takes on the various meanings our changing culture projects onto him. In The Caped Crusade, with humor and insight, Glen Weldon, book critic for NPR and author of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, lays out Batman's 78-year cultural history and shows how he has helped make us who we are today and why his legacy remains so strong.. Today, fueled by the Internet, that breed of passion for elements of popular culture is everywhere. Since his creation, Batman has been many thin