Superhero comics / Chris Gavaler
- Author
- Gavaler, Chris
- Published
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 357 pages).
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- Series
- Contents
- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Overview, Part 1: Pre-Comic Origins; The Mythic Superhero, The Imperial Superhero; The Wellborn Superhero; The Vigilante Superhero -- 3 Historical Overview, Part 2: Pre-Code and First Code Origins; The Fascist Superhero, The MAD Superhero -- 4 Social and Cultural Impact; The Black Superhero, The Gendered Superhero -- 5 Critical Uses; The Visual Superhero -- 6 Key Texts; The Authorial Superhero.
- Summary
- "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 147422637X (electronic bk.)
9781474226370 (electronic bk.)
9781474226363 (electronic bk.)
1474226361 (electronic bk.)
9781474226349
1474226345
9781474226387 (online)
1474226388
9781474226356 (hardback)
1474226353 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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