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| Author | : Chris York |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0786489472 |
Conventional wisdom holds that comic books of the post-World War II era are poorly drawn and poorly written publications, notable only for the furor they raised. Contributors to this thoughtful collection, however, demonstrate that these comics constitute complex cultural documents that create a dialogue between mainstream values and alternative beliefs that question or complicate the grand narratives of the era. Close analysis of individual titles, including EC comics, Superman, romance comics, and other, more obscure works, reveals the ways Cold War culture--from atomic anxieties and the nuclear family to communist hysteria and social inequalities--manifests itself in the comic books of the era. By illuminating the complexities of mid-century graphic novels, this study demonstrates that postwar popular culture was far from monolithic in its representation of American values and beliefs.
| Author | : Nathan Vernon Madison |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2013-02-18 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476601364 |
In this thorough history, the author demonstrates, via the popular literature (primarily pulp magazines and comic books) of the 1920s to about 1960, that the stories therein drew their definitions of heroism and villainy from an overarching, nativist fear of outsiders that had existed before World War I but intensified afterwards. These depictions were transferred to America's "new" enemies, both following U.S. entry into the Second World War and during the early stages of the Cold War. Anti-foreign narratives showed a growing emphasis on ideological, as opposed to racial or ethnic, differences--and early signs of the coming "multiculturalism"--indicating that pure racism was not the sole reason for nativist rhetoric in popular literature. The process of change in America's nativist sentiments, so virulent after the First World War, are revealed by the popular, inexpensive escapism of the time, pulp magazines and comic books.
| Author | : Bradford W. Wright |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2003-10-17 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780801874505 |
A history of comic books from the 1930s to 9/11.
| Author | : Terrence R. Wandtke |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2011-11-16 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0786490136 |
This collection of essays analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or rewritten in response to changes in real-world politics, social mores, and popular culture. Among many topics covered are the jingoistic origin of Captain America in the wake of the McCarthy hearings, the post-World War II fantasy-feminist role of Wonder Woman, and the Nietzschean influences on the "sidekick revolt" in the 2004 film The Incredibles.
| Author | : Michael A. Sheyahshe |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2014-11-29 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476600007 |
This work takes an in-depth look at the world of comic books through the eyes of a Native American reader and offers frank commentary on the medium's cultural representation of the Native American people. It addresses a range of portrayals, from the bloodthirsty barbarians and noble savages of dime novels, to formulaic secondary characters and sidekicks, and, occasionally, protagonists sans paternal white hero, examining how and why Native Americans have been consistently marginalized and misrepresented in comics. Chapters cover early representations of Native Americans in popular culture and newspaper comic strips, the Fenimore Cooper legacy, the "white" Indian, the shaman, revisionist portrayals, and Native American comics from small publishers, among other topics.
| Author | : Mark Berninger |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2010-03-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 078645587X |
These essays from various critical disciplines examine how comic books and graphic narratives move between various media, while merging youth and adult cultures and popular and high art. The articles feature international perspectives on comics and graphic novels published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, India, and Japan. Topics range from film adaptation, to journalism in comics, to the current manga boom.
| Author | : Greg Barnhisel |
| Publisher | : Univ of Massachusetts Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Book industries and trade |
| ISBN | : 9781558497368 |
Original essays on the role of the printed world in the ideological struggle between East and West
| Author | : Valerie Estelle Frankel |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2017-03-31 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476668787 |
The heroine's journey echoes throughout ancient legend. Each young woman combats her dark side and emerges stronger. This quest is also a staple of American comic books. Wonder Woman with semi-divine powers gives us a new female-centered creation story. Batgirl, Batwoman and Black Widow discover their enemy is the dark mother or shadow twin, with the savagery they've rejected in themselves. Supergirl similarly struggles but keeps harmony with her sister. From Jessica Jones and Catwoman to the new superwomen of cutting-edge webcomics, each heroine must go into the dark, to become not a warrior but a savior. Women like Captain Marvel and Storm sacrifice all to join the ranks of superheroes, while their feminine powers and dazzling costumes reflect the most ancient tales.
| Author | : Michelle Nolan |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2020-05-26 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476677581 |
This is the first book to comprehensively examine the multitude of non-Archie teen humor comic books, including girls and boys such as Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, Buzz Baxter and Wendy Parker from Marvel; Judy Foster, Buzzy, Binky and Scribbly from DC; Candy from Quality Comics; and Hap Hazard from Ace Comics. It covers, often for the first time, the history of the characters, who drew them, why (or why not) they succeeded as rivals for the Archie Series, highlights of both unusual and typical stories and much more. The author provides major plotlines and a history of the development of each series. Much has been written about the Archie characters, but until now very little has been told about most of their many comic book competitors.
| Author | : Frances Stonor Saunders |
| Publisher | : New Press, The |
| Total Pages | : 458 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1595589147 |
During the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy’s most cherished possession—but such freedom was put in service of a hidden agenda. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders reveals the extraordinary efforts of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West were working for or subsidized by the CIA—whether they knew it or not. Called "the most comprehensive account yet of the [CIA’s] activities between 1947 and 1967" by the New York Times, the book presents shocking evidence of the CIA’s undercover program of cultural interventions in Western Europe and at home, drawing together declassified documents and exclusive interviews to expose the CIA’s astonishing campaign to deploy the likes of Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Lowell, George Orwell, and Jackson Pollock as weapons in the Cold War. Translated into ten languages, this classic work—now with a new preface by the author—is "a real contribution to popular understanding of the postwar period" (The Wall Street Journal), and its story of covert cultural efforts to win hearts and minds continues to be relevant today.
