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Mapping Smallville: Critical Essays on the Series and Its Characters
Mapping Smallville Critical Essays on the Series and Its Characters Author:Cory Barker, Chris Ryan, Myc Wiatrowski One of the first full-length academic projects on the television series Smallville, this collection of new essays explains why the WB/CW series is important to understanding contemporary popular culture. The essays are presented in four sections covering broad categories: Clark Kent's metamorphosis to Superman and the influence of his parents an... more »d the home; the role of the series' noteworthy female characters; the series' representations of the Other, explorations of identity, and the ways in which characters speak to Clark's own struggles; and audience reception of the series and its position within the Superman narrative universe.« less