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Zusatztext The book will be most rewarding for those interested in specific comic books and historical issues as they are covered in individual essays…I very much appreciate the fact that it covers a range of intriguing primary sources and presents a series of valuable case studies, all of which will surely encourage further historical investigations of comic books. Informationen zum Autor Matthew Pustz is the author of Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers . He has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa and currently teaches history and American Studies at a variety of schools in the Boston area. Klappentext An original collection of essays showing how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history. Vorwort A highly original collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history. It examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States. It also demonstrates the different ways in which comic books can be used as resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction"Comic Books as History Teachers"By Matthew PustzPart I: Doing Cultural History Through Comic Books1. "How Wonder Woman Helped My Students ‘Join the Conversation:' Comic Books as Teaching Tools in a History Methodology Course"By Jessamyn Neuhaus2. "Comics as Primary Sources: The Case of Journey into Mohawk Country"By Bridget M. Marshall3. "Transcending the Frontier Myth: Dime Novel Narration and (Jesse) Custer's Last Stand in Preacher"By William Grady4. " ‘Duel. I'll Give You a DUEL': Intimacy and History in Megan Kelso's Alexander Hamilton Trilogy"By Alison MandavillePart II: Comic Books as Cultural Artifacts1. "American Golem: Reading America through Super-New Dealers and ‘the Melting Pot'"By Martin Lund2. " ‘Dreams May End, But Love Never Does': Marriage and Materialism in American Romance Comics, 1947-1954"By Jeanne Emerson Gardner3. "Parody and Propaganda: Fighting American and The Battle Against Crime and Communism in the 1950s"By John Donovan4. "Grasping for Identity: The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu"By Peter Lee5. " ‘Paralysis and Stagnation and Drift': America's Malaise as Demonstrated in Comic Books of the 1970s"By Matthew Pustz6. "The Shopping Malls of Empire: Cultural Fragmentation, the New Media, and Consumerism in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!"By Matthew J. CostelloPart III: Comic Books and Historical Identity1. "Transformers and Monkey Kings: Gene Yang's American Born Chinese and the Quest for Identity"By Todd S. Munson2. "Agent of Change: The Evolution and Enculturation of Nick Fury"By Philip G. Payne and Paul S. Spaeth3. "The US HIV/AIDS Crisis and the Negotiation of Queer Identity in Superhero Comics, or, Is Northstar Still a A Fairy?"By Ben BollingPart IV: Comic Books and Contemporary History1. "The Militarism of American Superheroes After 9/11"By A. David Lewis2. "Septemeber 11, 2001: Witnessing History, Demythifying the Story in American Widow "By Yves Davo3. " ‘The Great Machine Doesn't Wear a Cape!': American Cultural Anxiety and the Post-9/11 Superhero"By Jeff Geers...
