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- Secret Identity Crisis: Comic Books and the Unmasking of Cold Wa
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- ISBN
- 9780826429988
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What Cold War-era superheroes reveal about American society and foreign policy Physicist Bruce Banner, caught in the nuclear explosion of his experimental gamma bomb, is transformed into the rampaging green monster, the Hulk. High school student Peter Parker, bitten by an irradiated spider, gains its powers and becomes Spiderman. Reed Richards and his friends are caught in a belt of cosmic radiation while orbiting the Earth in a spacecraft and are transformed into the Fantastic Four. While Stan Lee suggests he clung to the hackneyed idea of radioactivity in creating Marvel's stable of superheroes because of his limited imagination, radiation and the bomb are nonetheless the big bang that spawned the Marvel universe. The Marvel superheroes that came to dominate the comic book industry for most of the last five decades were born under the mushroom cloud of potential nuclear war that was a cornerstone of the four-decade bipolar division of the world between the US and USSR. These stories were consciously set in this world and reflect the changing culture of cold War (and post-cold War) America. Like other forms of popular entertainment, comic books tend to be very receptive to cultural trends, reflect them, comment on them, and sometimes inaugurate them. Secret Identity Crisis follows the trajectory of the breakdown of the cold War consensus after 1960 through the lens of superhero comic books. Those developed by Marvel, because of their conscious setting in the contemporary world, and because of attempts to maintain a continuous story line across and within books, constitute a system of signs that reflect, comment upon, and interact with the American political economy. This groundbreaking new study focuses on a handful of titles and signs that specifically involve political economic codes, including Captain America, the Invincible Iron Man, Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, the Incredible Hulk to reveal how the American self was transformed and/or reproduced during the late Cold War and after.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9780826429988
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90634281
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secret Identity Crisis: Comic Books and the Unmasking of Cold War America
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Comics
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
216 mm
Item Weight
394 g
Item Width
138 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Topic Area
Political Science
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- a***i (361)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI had an outstanding experience with this seller! The item was exactly as described, and it arrived well-packaged and in perfect condition. The seller was incredibly responsive and helpful, answering all my questions promptly. The shipping was super fast, and I received the package within just a few days. A truly professional and reliable seller who goes above and beyond to provide exceptional service. I look forward to doing business with them again in the future. Thank you so much!Cars (DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF READING) By Disney Pixar. 0717277453 (#123328315644)
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