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Printing terror : American horror comics as Cold War commentary and critique / Michael Goodrum and Philip Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodrum, Michael D., 1983- author.
- Smith, Philip, 1983- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism.
- Horror comic books, strips, etc.
- Cold War in literature.
- Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
- Race relations in literature.
- Men in literature.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Victims in literature.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 'The dead
- the slain
- the unavenged'
- trauma in the 1940s and 1950s
- 'Men are beasts! Wild beasts! Wild beasts must be destroyed!'
- gender in the 1940s and 1950s
- 'Confusion turns to fear'
- race in the 1940s and 1950s
- Monster kids
- bridging the pre- and post-CCA eras
- 'The war has done strange things to you'
- trauma in the1960s and 1970s
- 'This isn't a dream! This is really happening!'
- gender in the1960s and 1970s
- 'We are a species that fears itself most of all'
- race in the1960s and 1970s
- Conclusion: appropriating white male fear.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 03, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781526135933
- 1526135930
- 9781526135940
- 1526135949
- Publisher Number:
- 40030501096
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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