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- Title
The Metaphor of Celebrity, Three Superheroes, and One Persona or Another.
- Authors
DESHAYE, JOEL
- Abstract
The article discusses the metaphor of celebrity as presented more visually and conventionally in blockbuster superhero movies when superheroes such as Spider-Man recognize and misrecognize themselves in their own masks or personas. Topics covered include the identity crises in persona and various superhero movies, how celebrities and superheroes exemplify identity formation and the psychological and social structures that underlie metaphor.
- Subjects
METAPHOR; FAME; SUPERHERO films; PERSONA (Motion pictures); IDENTITY (Psychology) in motion pictures
- Publication
Journal of Popular Culture, 2014, Vol 47, Issue 3, p571
- ISSN
1540-5931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jpcu.12125