Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 357 Seiten) :
,
Illustrationen.
ISBN:
978-1-4742-2638-7
,
978-1-4742-2637-0
,
978-1-474-22636-3
Content:
"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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
pt. 1. Introduction -- part 2. Historical overview, part 1: Pre-comic origins ; part 2: Pre-code and first code origins -- part 4. Social and cultural impact -- part 5. Critical uses -- part 6. Key texts
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Festeinband ISBN 978-1-4742-2635-6
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Broschur ISBN 978-1-4742-2634-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Comic
;
Superheld
;
Comic
;
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781474226387
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
