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OverviewEveryday heroes and heroines—ordinary men, women, and children who are honored for actual or imagined feats—have received only scant attention in heroism scholarship. While scholars have devoted thousands of pages to war heroes, heroic leaders, and superheroes, as well as to the blurring distinctions between heroes and celebrities, they have said little about the meaning and impact of ordinary citizens’ heroism. This collection of essays seeks to fill that void. Comparing the United States, Germany, and Britain from a multidisciplinary perspective, Extraordinary Ordinariness asks both when this particular hero type first emerged and how it was discussed and depicted in political discourse, mass media, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture. Looking across fields of study, countries, and centuries, this book sheds new light on the many social, cultural, and political functions that our everyday heroes have served. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon WendtPublisher: Campus Verlag Imprint: Campus Verlag Dimensions: Width: 1.40cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.10cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9783593506173ISBN 10: 3593506173 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 07 April 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSimon Wendt is assistant professor of American studies at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany. He is the author of The Spirit and the Shotgun: Armed Resistance and the Struggle for Civil Rights and coeditor of a number of books, including Globalizing Lynching History: Vigilantism and Extralegal Punishment from an International Perspective and Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World: Between Hegemony and Marginalization. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |