The myth of the American superhero
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Indhold: Overture (The American monomyth in a new century) ; Composing the mythic score (The birth of a national monomyth ; Buffalo Bill: staging world redemption ; Heidi visits Little House on the Prairie) ; Dancing the myth of redemption (John Wayne and friends redeem the village ; Cleansing perilous cities with golden violence ; Superheroic presidents redeem the nation ; Lethal patriots break the rhythm) ; Hymns and creeds of the American monomyth (Cheerful saints and melodious lions ; The sound of one hand killing: monomythic video games ; Star Trek's humanistic militarism ; Star Trek faith as a fan-made religion ; Fascist faith in the Star Wars universe ; Monomythic credotainment) ; Cadenza: searching for democratic melodies (The discordant music of catastrophes ; Deceptive fugues, democratic dances)