Comics & Ideology (Popular Culture and Everyday Life, Vol. 2)
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Book Description
Superman's role in romanticizing commercialism; sexual violence in Japanese manga comics; Wonder Woman as Americanized immigrant; reader's reactions to the gay superhero Northstar; Dilbert as a workplace revolutionary; the Punisher's invasion of Vietnam-these are a few of the issues that Comics & Ideology addresses. Focusing on the intersection of social power and comic art, essays in this book explore how images and narratives in comic books and comic strips may portray social groups and social issues. As a scholarly examination of a form known as "the funnies" or "funny books," this book argues that the themes and characterizations in comic art are often quite serious. Essays take diverse theoretical perspectives such as cultural studies, political economy, feminist criticism, queer studies, and mythic analysis, all focusing on the relationship of comics to issues of social division.
About the Author
Matthew P. McAllister is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Virginia Tech. He is the author of The Commercialization of American Culture: New Advertising, Control and Democracy.
Edward H. Sewell, Jr. is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Virginia Tech. He has written about comics and editorial cartoons in a variety of edited volumes and scholarly journals.
Ian Gordon is Associate Professor in the American Studies Centre, National University of Singapore. He is the author of Comic Strips and Consumer Culture, 1890-1945. He also studies the use of ethnic imagery in American advertising and the cultural role of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region.
Comics & Ideology (Popular Culture and Everyday Life, Vol. 2),Matthew P. McAllister,Edward H. Sewell,Ian Gordon,Peter Lang Publishing,0820452491,Comic books, strips, etc,Comic books, strips, etc.,Fiction - General,General,Graphic Satire And Humor,Political aspects,Popular Culture,Popular Culture - General,Social Science,Sociology,Techniques - Cartooning
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