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Superheroes and American self image : from war to Watergate / Michael Goodrum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodrum, Michael D., 1983- author.
- Series:
- Cultural politics of media and popular culture
- The cultural politics of media and popular culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- United States.
- Superheroes in literature.
- Literature and society--United States.
- Literature and society.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2016]
- Contents:
- The Second World War and before
- The end of the Second World War: what next for the us?
- The rise of McCarthyism: end of alternatives
- The "liberal consensus": comfort, not critique
- New left, new right, new comic books: superheroes and unrest
- The changing of the code: origins, debate and effects
- Vietnam, Watergate and the end of consensus: What's a superhero to do?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472435507
- 1472435508
- OCLC:
- 919452256
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