Printing Terror American Horror Comics As Cold War Commentary and Critique

Informationen zum Autor Michael Goodrum is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University in the UKPhilip Smith is Associate Chair of Liberal Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design in Hong Kong Klappentext Printing Terror argues that horror comics of the Cold War primarily concern white male victimhood and the monstrosity of the gendered and/or racialised other. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 "The dead - the slain - the unavenged." - trauma in the 1940s and 1950s2 "Men are beasts! Wild beasts! Wild Beasts Must Be Destroyed!" - gender in the 1940s and 1950s3 "Confusion turns to fear" - race in the 1940s and 1950s4 Monster kids: bridging the pre- and post-CCA eras5 "The war has done strange things to you" - trauma in the 1960s and 1970s6 "This isn't a dream! This is really happening!" - gender in the 1960s and 1970s7 "We are a species that fears itself most of all" - race in the 1960s and 1970s8 Conclusion: appropriating white male fearBibliographyIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Smith Goodrum, Michael Goodrum, Philip Smith
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.01.2021
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges
• EAN: 9781526135926
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3592-6
• Anzahl Seiten: 328
• Themen: Trauma, Comics, Captain America, Gender, Feminism, War, Edgar Allan Poe, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, civil rights, Cold War, adventures into the unknown, tomb of terror, Censorship, Race, Literature: history & criticism, Horror Comics, Graphic novels: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Reference, Guides & Companions, Fredric Wertham, comics code authority, tales from the crypt, Greg Sadowski, Chamber of Chills, Witches Tales, Warren Publications, Jim Trombetta