Research Catalog

Title

Seal of approval : the history of the comics code / Amy Kiste Nyberg.

Author

Nyberg, Amy Kiste

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1998.

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Details

Description

xiii, 208 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The content of comic books has been governed by an industry self-regulatory code adopted by publishers in 1954 in response to public and governmental pressure." "This book, the first full-length study of this period of comic book history, examines the reasons that comic books were the subject of heated controversy. In tracing the evolution of the controversy and the resulting code, Seal of Approval shows that the comic book has yet to achieve legitimation as a unique form of expression appreciated by readers of all ages."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Studies in popular culture

Uniform Title

Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)

Subject

• Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981
• Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History and criticism
• Comic books and children > United States
• Censorship > United States
• Popular culture > United States

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-200) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Comics, Critics, and Children's Culture -- 2. Censorship Strategies -- 3. The Senate Investigation -- 4. Fredric Wertham and the Comics Crusade -- 5. Creation and Implementation of the Comics Code -- 6. Evolution of the Comics Code -- Conclusion: The Significance of the Code Today -- Comics Code (1948) -- Comics Code (1954) -- Comics Code (1971) -- Comics Code (1989).

ISBN

• 0878059741 (alk. paper)
• 087805975X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97021789^

OCLC

• 37373481
• SCSB-9900171

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library