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
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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 376 ● ISBN 9781474226363 ● Editora Bloomsbury Publishing ● Publicado 2017 ● Carregável 3 vezes ● Moeda EUR ● ID 5358917 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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