Andrew J. Friedenthal Retcon Game: Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America 9781496811325

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Автор: Andrew J. Friedenthal
Название: Retcon Game: Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America
ISBN: 9781496811325
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Комиксы и мультипликация

Антологии (прозаические)

Массовая культура

Исследования средств массовой информации

Воздействие науки и технологии на общество

ISBN-10: 1496811321
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 176
Вес: 0.43 кг.
Дата издания: 30.04.2017
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 13
Ключевые слова: Comic book & cartoon art,Anthologies (non-poetry),Popular culture,Media studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
Подзаголовок: Retroactive continuity and the hyperlinking of america
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The superhero Wolverine time travels and changes storylines. On Torchwood, there’s a pill popped to alter the past. The narrative technique of retroactive continuity seems rife lately, given all the world-building in comics. Andrew J. Friedenthal deems retroactive continuity, or “retconning,” as a force with many implications forhow Americans view history and culture.Friedenthal examines this phenomenon in a range of media, from its beginnings in comic books and now its widespread shift into television, film, and digital media. Retconning has reached its present form as a result of the complicated workings of superhero comics. In comic books and other narratives, retconning often seems utilized to literally rewrite some aspect of a character’s past, either to keep that character more contemporary, to erase storiesfrom continuity that no longer fit, or to create future story potential.From comics, retconning has spread extensively, to long-form, continuity-rich dramas on television, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, and beyond. Friedenthal explains that in a culture saturated by editable media, where interest groups argue over Wikipedia pages and politicians can immediately delete questionable tweets, the retcon serves as a perfect metaphor for the ways in which history, and our access to information overall, has become endlessly malleable.In the first book to focus on this subject, Friedenthal regards the editable Internet hyperlink, rather than the stable printed footnote, as the de facto source of information in America today. To embrace retroactive continuity in fictional media means accepting that the past itself is not a stable element, but rather something constantly in contentious flux. Due to retconning’s ubiquity within our media, we have grown familiar with narratives as inherentlyunstable, a realization that deeply affects how we understand the world.
Дополнительное описание: Comic book and cartoon artwork|Media studies|Popular culture|Anthologies: general

Retcon Game: Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America, Andrew J. Friedenthal