Super Heroes and Popular Culture

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Super Heroes and Popular Culture
Introduction
American pop culture is one that has been around for quite some time and has had some of the most profound impacts in the American population. It is a culture that has redefined the way that Americans develop ideas, images, perspectives, attitudes and the aspects of phenomenon. At the heart of the popular culture is the mass media which has been used as the platform to launch and maintain the elements of the culture among the American people. It is a culture that was born in the late19th century and one that has maintained it basic influence in the present times and is bound to have a lot of impacts in the future(Comic Store Heroes). The continuity of the culture relates to the impacts that it has had and continuous to have on the population relative to their reliance on the mainstream media content. It has spread from the entertainment industry, sports, politics, news, technology, language and the fashion industry(McAllister, Sewell and Gordon, 139). As such, it can be said to be one of the most revolutionary cultures that has been experienced in the last century alone, with implications that are far reaching than has been documented(Haugen, 133). It is a culture that set the values, standards and even the expectations of the people. One of the basic elements that have been driven through the culture is that of super heroes(Superheromultiverse.com).
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The end of the Second World War brought with it major shifts in the social and cultural aspects within the American society. At the same time, there were developments in the media sector as innovations brought more content to the living rooms. With the exposure to the different elements of the culture and the redefined aspects of the culture following the end of the war, people embraced a new twist of heroes(Haugen 73). The people were seeking new ways to relive the moments of the war, with ideologies that brought their notions of super powers and the ability to bring down the enemies as they emerge. It was a way of generating the same elements of the way, with a different twist where the villainswere quashed under the powerful interceptions of the super heroes(Comic Store Heroes). As such, the culture has created characters that are seen are the saviors of the people and has managed to create a sense of belonging.
Most of the people in America identify with super heroes and their powers, relative to making the world a safer place(McAllister, Sewell and Gordon, 191). This is borne of the fact that,after the war, most of the people developed a sense of belonging to the struggles that their country went through, relative to the attacks and the ability to retaliate. Using the mainstream media, the popular culture has popularized the element of the super heroes in the country the level that it has been adopted in various media content, such as movies, music, comics, books, novels, clothing, toys and quite a number of aspects that people interact with including festivals(Superheromultiverse.com). The level of integration of the super heroes in the popular culture is quite profound and is going to be extended into the future with ramifying impacts on the people as they strive to h...