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    Developing (super)citizenship: constituting idealized American citizenship in the Avengers: Earth's mightiest heroes

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    This thesis explores two elements of character design in select episodes from the animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Disney XD 2010-2012) that guide audiences towards dominant readings of idealized American citizenship utilizing both close textual analysis and ideographic criticism. I argue that select episodes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes contain representations of hyper-patriotic Americanized superheroes and un-American super villains which work together to teach viewers about dominant ideologies of Americanness and un-Americanness. In doing so, the text directs ...
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    Author(s)
    Luurs, Geoffrey

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    Anderson, Karrin

    Date Issued
    2014
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    born digital; masters theses
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