| Description |
1 streaming video file (9 min., 04 sec.) : digital, FLV file, sound, color |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
video file |
| System Details |
System requirements: Flash player. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Lecture given as a part of a seven part discussion on the occasion of the "Superheroes: fashion and fantasy" exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
| Summary |
"This all-day event of lectures and panel discussions, presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," brings together leading international scholars, critics, and designers to discuss the world of costumes and comics. Themes include the appropriation of the uniform, the adaptation of superhero costumes for the screen, the creation of modern mythologies, and the role of the superhero as metaphor in contemporary society. Writers Panel Danny Fingeroth, author, Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero; Richard Reynolds, author, Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology; and Paul Levitz, president and publisher, DC Comics"--YouTube. |
| Local Note |
Metropolitan Museum of Art Watson Library Digital Collections Fulltext Titles (Customizable) |
| Subject |
Superheroes.
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Superheroes. |
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Influence.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Influence. |
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Comic books, strips, etc. |
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Fashion design -- United States.
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Fashion design. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Streaming video.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Fingeroth, Danny.
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Reynolds, Richard.
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Levitz, Paul.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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