Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America - Rilegato

Wright, Bradford W.

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ISBN 10: 080186514X ISBN 13: 9780801865145

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2001

Riassunto

The role of comic books in shaping American youth and pop culture is portrayed in words and images, from Batman's struggle with corrupt politicians during the Depression to Iron Man's Cold War struggles.

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Recensione:

"A winner... a book that is trenchant, crisply written and absolutely jargon-free, with plenty of enthusiasm but no idolatry―and great fun to read... There should be a place for Comic Book Nation on the bookshelf of anyone who ever read comics for fun as a kid or has taken them seriously as an adult."

(Dennis Drabelle Washington Post Book World)

"Comics fans ought to rejoice over this book. At a time of transition, with underground comics proliferating on the Web while major companies like Marvel try to pull themselves out of bankruptcy, Comic Book Nation offers a much-needed historical perspective. Tracing the industry's rise, Wright gives comics the scholarly attention they deserve, diligently filling in the back story of a medium that has both reflected and shaped American values for generations... Wright deserves credit for tackling the breadth of comics history, and he succeeds commendably in creating a testament to the genre's power. For anyone who has ever read comics or wanted to leap a building in a single bound, Comic Book Nation is worth a look."

(Damien Cave Salon)

"Pow! Bam! Crash! Analysis! This insightful and highly entertaining political and cultural history [offers] an intelligent study not only of comics but of shifting attitudes toward popular culture, children, violence, patriotism, and America itself."

(Publishers Weekly (starred review))

"At last, a substantive book studying the effect of comic books on American culture and vice versa... [This] extremely well-organized book traces the genre's birth, expansions, and retractions from the 1930s to the present. The fascinating result highlights the increasingly intriguing interaction between pressing events in American society and what was written and published on colorfully paneled pages... A truly worthwhile study of comics as part of American culture."

(Library Journal (starred review))

"A fascinating history of comic books that is impressively researched, amply illustrated, smoothly written, carefully analyzed―and fun. It is a serious but not somber study, enlivened with droll humor and deft analogies."

(Neil A. Grauer Cleveland Plain Dealer)

"Fluently animates the artistic, economic, and social history of comic books, from Superman as '30s hero of the downtrodden to debates over kids' consumption of violent imagery to fan culture."

(Paper)

"Informative, humorous, and penetrating... [Wright's] theme is simple and persuasive: Comic books provide an acute lens through which to study shifts in popular culture, from World War II to Vietnam to the Reagan era."

(Jacob Heilbrunn Washington Monthly)

"Solid... A well-documented comics-industry chronicle."

(Booklist)

"An extremely well researched, engagingly written and long overdue attempt to evaluate the historical impact of comic books on American culture."

(Mike Tsichlis St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

"This is a sweeping and ambitious history that is successful in explaining the business of comic book publishing and the ways in which the writers, artists, and publishers created an alternative world that appeals to many youthful readers... The book is well written and illustrated."

(Bernard Mergen Journal of American History)

L'autore:

Bradford W. Wright is an associate professor with the University of Maryland University College—European Division.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 080186514X
• ISBN 13: 9780801865145
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 336