Fan Phenomena: Batman

Fan Phenomena: BatmanFrom his debut in a six page comic in 1939 to his most recent portrayal by Christian Bale in the blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises, Batman is perhaps the worlds most popular superhero. The continued relevance of the caped crusader could be attributed to his complex character, his dual identity or his commitment to justice. But, as the contributors to this collection argue, it is the fans who, with the patience of Alfred, the loyalty of Commissioner

It is rooted in an investigative research project that deployed undergraduate and graduate students and faculty researchers to US fashion businesses that rely on cotton to understand how the resource is sourced

Capturing the issues and debates that are shaping both curricula and practice

and onto mastery of the language

where he resided from 1941 through 1947

Christoph Schlingensief: Art without Borders is the first book to be published in English on Schlingensief’s groundbreaking

More than one hundred years after Futurism exploded onto the European stage with its unique brand of art and literature

travelling from the Sierra Nevada and the English Lake District to the streets of London and New York

this book offers a radical analysis of grassroots black resistance to policing in twenty-first-century Britain

performing and theorising of site-based dance

Combining detailed case studies with a clear and up-to-date overview of audience research and the political economy of contemporary cinema this will be essential reading for students of film

what motivated the different parties concerned and what implications there have been for future trade deals

in divergent ways