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Drawing the Past. Volume 1, Comics and the Historical Imagination in the United States / edited by Dorian L. Alexander, Michael Goodrum, and Philip Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson, Mississippi : :University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
- Summary:
- The first installment of a tremendous exploration between comics and history.
- Contents:
- 11. "Out There Hunting Monsters": Manifest Destiny, the Monstrosity of the American West, and the Gothic Character of American History
- Contributors
- 6. Magneto the Survivor: Redemption, Cold War Fears, and the "Americanization of the Holocaust" in Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men (1975-1991)
- 7. "How Would You Like to Go Back through the Ages-in Search of Yourself?": Time Travel Comics, Internationalism, and the American Century
- MYTHIC HISTORIES
- 8. Federal Bureau of Illustration: Comics Depictions of J. Edgar Hoover
- 9. When Hawkman Met Tailgunner Joe: How the Justice Society of America Constructs the Fifties as a Usable Past
- 10. AfterShock's Rough Riders and Reification of Race Reimagined
- Cover
- DRAWING THE PAST, VOLUME 1
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- HISTORY AND FORM
- 1. Coming Home to "Legacy": Marvel's Problem with History
- 2. Diana in No Man's Land: Wonder Woman and the History of the World War
- 3. Flags of Our Fathers: Imperial Decline, National Identity, and Allohistory in Marvel Comics
- 4. The Buckaroo of the Badlands: Carl Barks, Don Rosa, and (Re)Envisioning the West
- HISTORICAL TRAUMA
- 5. Victor Charles and Marvin the ARVN: Vietnamese as Enemy and Ally in American War Comic Books
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Alexander, Dorian L. Drawing the Past, Volume 1
- ISBN:
- 9781496837189
- 1496837185
- 9781496837202
- 1496837207
- OCLC:
- 1289369121
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