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Vem får vara Spider-Man? Mångfald, representation och kanon genom multiversumberättande i Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Hallbäck, Ally LU (2025) FIVK10 20242
Film Studies
Abstract (Swedish)
Denna analys undersöker hur Sonys animerade Spider-Verse filmer använder sig av multiversumberättande för att vidga och utforska vem som får vara Spider-Man. Karaktären och superhjältegenren i sin helhet har länge främst representerat ljushyade amerikanska män, men Spider-Verse bevisar genom sin mångfald av Spider-Personer av olika etniciteter, nationaliteter, könsidentiteter samt visuella stilar att alla kan vara Spider-Man i det vida multiversumet filmerna presenterar. Denna analys kommer att belysa hur denna mångfald skildras. Den kommer även belysa hur Spider-Verse även genom sitt multiversumberättande har med en allegori om hur alla inte alltid fått vara Spider-Man; att fans och fiktionsskapare velat hålla sig till kanon och det redan... (More)
Denna analys undersöker hur Sonys animerade Spider-Verse filmer använder sig av multiversumberättande för att vidga och utforska vem som får vara Spider-Man. Karaktären och superhjältegenren i sin helhet har länge främst representerat ljushyade amerikanska män, men Spider-Verse bevisar genom sin mångfald av Spider-Personer av olika etniciteter, nationaliteter, könsidentiteter samt visuella stilar att alla kan vara Spider-Man i det vida multiversumet filmerna presenterar. Denna analys kommer att belysa hur denna mångfald skildras. Den kommer även belysa hur Spider-Verse även genom sitt multiversumberättande har med en allegori om hur alla inte alltid fått vara Spider-Man; att fans och fiktionsskapare velat hålla sig till kanon och det redan etablerade kring karaktären istället för att låta någon annan än Peter Parker vara Spider-Man. (Less)
Abstract
This analysis examines how Sony's animated Spider-Verse films use multiverse storytelling to expand and explore who gets to be Spider-Man. The character and the superhero genre as a whole have long primarily represented white American men, but Spider-Verse proves through its diversity of Spider-People of different ethnicities, nationalities, gender identities and visual styles that anyone can be Spider-Man in the vast multiverse the films present. This analysis will shed light on how this diversity is portrayed. It will also shed light on how Spider-Verse through its multiverse storytelling includes an allegory of how everyone hasn’t always been allowed to be Spider-Man; that fans and creators of fiction have wanted to stick to canon and... (More)
This analysis examines how Sony's animated Spider-Verse films use multiverse storytelling to expand and explore who gets to be Spider-Man. The character and the superhero genre as a whole have long primarily represented white American men, but Spider-Verse proves through its diversity of Spider-People of different ethnicities, nationalities, gender identities and visual styles that anyone can be Spider-Man in the vast multiverse the films present. This analysis will shed light on how this diversity is portrayed. It will also shed light on how Spider-Verse through its multiverse storytelling includes an allegory of how everyone hasn’t always been allowed to be Spider-Man; that fans and creators of fiction have wanted to stick to canon and what has already been established around the character instead of letting anyone other than Peter Parker be Spider-Man. (Less)
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author
Hallbäck, Ally LU
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organization
course
FIVK10 20242
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
representation, diversity, multiverse storytelling, spider-man, superheroes, canon.
language
Swedish
id
9182643
date added to LUP
2025-01-31 14:02:52
date last changed
2025-01-31 14:02:52
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  abstract     = {{This analysis examines how Sony's animated Spider-Verse films use multiverse storytelling to expand and explore who gets to be Spider-Man. The character and the superhero genre as a whole have long primarily represented white American men, but Spider-Verse proves through its diversity of Spider-People of different ethnicities, nationalities, gender identities and visual styles that anyone can be Spider-Man in the vast multiverse the films present. This analysis will shed light on how this diversity is portrayed. It will also shed light on how Spider-Verse through its multiverse storytelling includes an allegory of how everyone hasn’t always been allowed to be Spider-Man; that fans and creators of fiction have wanted to stick to canon and what has already been established around the character instead of letting anyone other than Peter Parker be Spider-Man.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vem får vara Spider-Man? Mångfald, representation och kanon genom multiversumberättande i Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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