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Superhero Comics
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Artikel-Nr:
9781474226349
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.10.2017
Seiten:
376
Autor:
Chris Gavaler
Gewicht:
454 g
Format:
213x140x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Chris Gavaler is Associate Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, USA. He is also the author of On the Origin of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1 (2015) and Superhero Comics (2017) and Creating Comics (2021), both published by Bloomsbury. Since 2021, he has been series editor of Bloomsbury Comics Studies.
A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: ·The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions·Cultural contexts-from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War's transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representation·Key texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther·Approaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction
From Superman and Batman to the Fantastic Four, X-Men and Alan Moore's Watchmen, this is a complete guide to the history, forms and contexts of superhero comics.
Discussion questions, annotated further reading and online resource guides and glossary of terms support independent study
1. Introduction2. Historical Overview3. Social and Cultural Impact4. Key Texts5. Critical Uses6. ResourcesAppendixGlossary of TermsIndex