Judge, Jury and Executioner: Essays on the Punisher in Print and on Screen

ISBN-13: 9781476682501 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 193 str.

Alicia M. Goodman; Matthew J. McEniry; Ryan Cassidy

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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction
Alicia M. Goodman, Matthew J. McEniry and Robert G. Weiner 1
Section I: Philosophy and Analysis
To Shame Its Inadequacy: The Punisher and His Critics
Kent Worcester 15
A Tough Pill to Swallow: The Punisher as the Cure for the Ills of Modern Society
Ryan Litsey 27
The Long Cold Dark: The Punisher Mindset and Its Dissemination into the Collective Unconscious
John Harnett 35
Black and White and Nothing in Between? Some Thoughts on the Morality of the Punisher
Anders Lundgren 48
Determined to Punish: Three Case Studies in Punishment
Matthew J. McEniry 62
Section II: Gender and Feminism
The Punisher as Female: A Thought Experiment
Alicia M. Goodman 75
Frank Castle, Fanfiction and the Female Gaze
Elizabeth Jendrzey and Meredith Pasahow 91
Takes One to Kill One: Punisher MAX's War on Hegemonic Masculinity
Kelly Kanayama 102
Section III: Veteran Studies
Recalling Vietnam in Marvel Cinematic Universe's Punisher Storylines
Mike Lemon 115
Fighting a Lonely War: Frank Castle and the Domestication of Vietnam
Kathleen McClancy 125
Frank Castle's Other War: Meaning, Memory and the Vietnam War
Stephen Connor 136
Section IV: Politics and Gun Violence
­Bullet-Riddled Production: The Punisher's Influence on Violence in Decades of Tragedy
Rob E. King 155
"When is the right moment to release a TV series about a heroic mass shooter?" Contemporary American Politics and the Reception of Netflix's The Punisher
Miriam Kent 165
About the Contributors 177
Index 180