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Superheroes and American self image : from war to Watergate / Michael Goodrum.

Van Pelt Library PN6725 .G586 2016
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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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