Abstract:Superheroes, both products and examples of modernity given the circumstances of their emergence, have been transferred in our postmodern world through popular cinema, and they have brought all their modern values with them. These superheroes have been reconstructing themselves as "modern heroes" and have become a current issue through the clash of their modern values with postmodernity. This article analyzing Batman Begins (2005), directed by Christopher Nolan, employs the Lévi-Strauss method of binary opposit… Show more
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