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Comic books and the Cold War, 1946-1962 : essays on graphic treatment of communism, the code and social concerns
- Title
- Comic books and the Cold War, 1946-1962 : essays on graphic treatment of communism, the code and social concerns / edited by Chris York and Rafiel York.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
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- Description
- viii, 223 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Close analysis of individual titles--from atomic anxieties and the nuclear family to communist hysteria and social inequalities--manifests itself in the comic books of the era. By illuminating the complexities of mid-century graphic novels, this study demonstrates that postwar popular culture was far from monolithic in its representation of American values and beliefs"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Frederic Wertham, containment, and comic books / Chris York and Rafiel York -- Part I: Containing communism, controlling the atom. Lights, camera, action 101 : a brief lesson on how to see an atomic bomb / Nathan Atkinson ; Decrypting espionage comic books in 1950s America / Peter Lee ; "He was a living breathing human being" : Harvey Kurtzman's war comics and the "yellow peril" in 1950s containment culture / Christopher B. Field ; "I can pass right through solid matter!" : how The Flash upheld American values while breaking the speed limit / Frederick A. Wright ; Jack Kirby's challengers of the unknown : establishing order in an age of anxiety / Phillip Payne and Paul J. Spaeth ; Red menace on the moon : containment in space as depicted in comics of the 1950s / John Donovan -- Part II: Containing sexuality in the Cold War. Girls who sinned in secret and paid in public : romance comics, 1949-1954 / Jeanne Gardner ; Rebellion in Riverdale / Rafiel York ; The Amazon mystique : subverting Cold War domesticity in Wonder Woman comics, 1948-1965 / Ruth McClelland-Nugent ; The girls in white : nurse images in early Cold War era romance and war comics / Christopher J. Hayton and Sheila Hayton ; Horror camp : homoerotic subtext in EC Comics / Diana Green -- Part III: The problem of consensus. "Dedicated to the youth of America" : deviant narration in crime does not pay / Chris York ; Mad's guest writers / Lawrence Rodman ; Beyond the frontier : Turok, Son of Stone and the Native American in Cold War America / Chris York ; East Europeans in "this godless communism" / Alexander Maxwell ; The Fantastic four : a mirror of Cold War America / Rafiel York.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-4220
- ISBN
- 9780786449811 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786449810 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012001984
- 40020606716
- OCLC
- 774213667
- Title
- Comic books and the Cold War, 1946-1962 : essays on graphic treatment of communism, the code and social concerns / edited by Chris York and Rafiel York.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- York, Chris, 1969-York, Rafiel.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40020606716
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-4220