Champions of the oppressed? superhero comics, popular culture, and propaganda in America during World War II
Machine generated contents note: Superheroes and the American DreamThe Superhero as Political Metaphor -- Forging an Industry -- The Rise of the Superheroes -- 1.The Arsenal of Democracy -- Propaganda, Popular Culture, and Superhero Comics -- Selling the War: "The World's Greatest Adventur...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cresskill, NJ
Hampton Press
c 2011
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| Schriftenreihe: | The Hampton Press communication series Comic art
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Machine generated contents note: Superheroes and the American DreamThe Superhero as Political Metaphor -- Forging an Industry -- The Rise of the Superheroes -- 1.The Arsenal of Democracy -- Propaganda, Popular Culture, and Superhero Comics -- Selling the War: "The World's Greatest Adventure in Advertising" -- The Politics of Persuasion: Toward a Democratic Propaganda? -- Censoring the War -- "It's a Refreshing War!" -- 2.Champions of the Oppressed -- Superheroes and the Mythology of the All-American Hero -- Defining Myth -- Myths of the All-American Hero -- The Mediated War -- "Get Hot, Keep Moving": The Male Body at War -- The Everyman Hero -- The Supereveryman -- Produce for Victory: The Production Soldier -- I Want YOU for the Everyman Army -- 3.Other Americas -- Comics and Countermyths -- Wonder Women at War -- Sex War -- Into a World Torn by the Hatreds and Wars of Men -- Wonder Woman -- The Far From Monstrous Regiment of Superheroines -- The Children's Crusade -- Remember Dorie Miller -- Lost Legacies: The Other Americas -- 4.Smash the Axis! The Enemy and Strategies of Otherness -- Othering the Enemy -- The Nasty, Nasty Nazi -- The Return of the Yellow Peril -- "De-Othering" the Red Menace: G.I. Joe Meets Uncle Joe -- Evaluating the Strategy of Otherness -- 5.Postwar Propaganda in Comics -- Superheroes Post-9/11. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 289 S. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781612890036 978-1-61289-003-6 9781612890029 978-1-61289-002-9 1612890024 1-61289-002-4 1612890032 1-61289-003-2 |