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Superhero comics /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2018.
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| Colección: | Bloomsbury comics studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 357 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 147422637X 9781474226370 9781474226363 1474226361 9781474226349 1474226345 9781474226387 1474226388 9781474226356 1474226353 |