Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Contemporary Culture

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Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Contemporary Culture is written by Barbara Korte and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0429557841 (ISBN 10) and 9780429557842 (ISBN 13).

Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consumption. This edited collection aims to bridge this research void and brings together case studies by scholars from different parts of the world and diverse fields. They explore how transnational and transcultural processes of translation and adaptation shape notions of the heroic in non-Western and Western cultures alike. The book provides fresh perspectives on heroism studies and offers a new angle for global and postcolonial studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a CC BY Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International license