Superhero Comics
eBook - ePub

Superhero Comics

  1. 376 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Superhero Comics

About this book

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

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Yes, you can access Superhero Comics by Chris Gavaler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Littérature & Culture populaire dans l'art. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781474226349
eBook ISBN
9781474226363
Edition
1
Topic
Littérature
Subtopic
Culture populaire dans l'art

Table of contents

  1. Bloomsbury Comics Studies
  2. Dedication
  3. Title
  4. Contents 
  5. Series Editor’s Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Historical Overview, Part 1: Pre-Comic Origins
  9. I The Mythic Superhero
  10. II The Imperial Superhero
  11. III The Wellborn Superhero
  12. IV The Vigilante Superhero
  13. 3 Historical Overview, Part 2: Pre-Code and First Code Origins
  14. I The Fascist Superhero
  15. II The MAD Superhero
  16. 4 Social and Cultural Impact
  17. I The Black Superhero
  18. II The Gendered Superhero
  19. 5 Critical Uses
  20. I The Visual Superhero
  21. 6 Key Texts
  22. I The Authorial Superhero
  23. Glossary
  24. Resources
  25. Works Cited
  26. Index
  27. Copyright