Comic books and American cultural history : an anthology /
Comic books and American cultural history : an anthology /
[edited by] Matthew Pustz.
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2012.
- xiv, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comic books as history teachers / Doing cultural history through comic books. How Wonder Woman helped my students "join the conversation" : comic books as teaching tools in a history methodology course / Comics as primary sources : the case of Journey into Mohawk country / Transcending the frontier myth : dime novel narration and (Jesse) Custer's last stand in Preacher / "Duel. I'll give you a DUEL" : intimacy and history in Megan Kelso's Alexander Hamilton trilogy / Comic books as cultural artifacts. American Golem : reading America through super-new dealers and the "melting pot" / "Dreams may end, but love never does" : marriage and materialism in American romance comics, 1947-1954 / Parody and propaganda : fighting American and the battle against crime and communism in the 1950s / Grasping for identity : the hands of Shang-Chi master of kung fu / "Paralysis and stagnation and drift" : America's malaise as demonstrated in comic books of the 1970s / The shopping malls of empire : cultural fragmentation, the new media, and consumerism in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! / Comic books and historical identity. Transformers and monkey kings : Gene Yang's American born Chinese and the quest for identity / Agent of change : the evolution and enculturation of Nick Fury / The U.S. HIV/AIDS crisis and the negotiation of queer identity in superhero comics, or, Is Northstar still a fairy? / Comic books and contemporary history. The militarism of American superheroes after 9/11 / September 11, 2001 : witnessing history, demythifying the story in American widow / "The great machine doesn't wear a cape!" : American cultural anxiety and the post-9/11 superhero / Matthew Pustz -- Jessamyn Neuhaus ; Bridget M. Marshall ; William Grady ; Alison Mandaville -- Martin Lund ; Jeanne Emerson Gardner ; John Donovan ; Peter Lee ; Matthew Pustz ; Matthew J. Costello -- Todd S. Munson ; Philip G. Payne and Paul J. Spaeth ; Ben Bolling -- A. David Lewis ; Yves Davo ; Jeff Geers. Introduction : pt. 1: pt. 2: pt. 3: pt. 4:
A collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history. It examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States. It also demonstrates the different ways in which comic books can be used as resources.
9781441172624 (pbk.) 1441172629 (pbk.) 9781441163196 1441163190
2012462103
015991645 Uk
Geschichte.
Comic books, strips, etc., in education.
History--Study and teaching.
Popular culture--Study and teaching--United States.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Study and teaching.
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
United States--Civilization--Study and teaching.
Aufsatzsammlung.
LB1044.9.C59 / C645 2012
371.33
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comic books as history teachers / Doing cultural history through comic books. How Wonder Woman helped my students "join the conversation" : comic books as teaching tools in a history methodology course / Comics as primary sources : the case of Journey into Mohawk country / Transcending the frontier myth : dime novel narration and (Jesse) Custer's last stand in Preacher / "Duel. I'll give you a DUEL" : intimacy and history in Megan Kelso's Alexander Hamilton trilogy / Comic books as cultural artifacts. American Golem : reading America through super-new dealers and the "melting pot" / "Dreams may end, but love never does" : marriage and materialism in American romance comics, 1947-1954 / Parody and propaganda : fighting American and the battle against crime and communism in the 1950s / Grasping for identity : the hands of Shang-Chi master of kung fu / "Paralysis and stagnation and drift" : America's malaise as demonstrated in comic books of the 1970s / The shopping malls of empire : cultural fragmentation, the new media, and consumerism in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! / Comic books and historical identity. Transformers and monkey kings : Gene Yang's American born Chinese and the quest for identity / Agent of change : the evolution and enculturation of Nick Fury / The U.S. HIV/AIDS crisis and the negotiation of queer identity in superhero comics, or, Is Northstar still a fairy? / Comic books and contemporary history. The militarism of American superheroes after 9/11 / September 11, 2001 : witnessing history, demythifying the story in American widow / "The great machine doesn't wear a cape!" : American cultural anxiety and the post-9/11 superhero / Matthew Pustz -- Jessamyn Neuhaus ; Bridget M. Marshall ; William Grady ; Alison Mandaville -- Martin Lund ; Jeanne Emerson Gardner ; John Donovan ; Peter Lee ; Matthew Pustz ; Matthew J. Costello -- Todd S. Munson ; Philip G. Payne and Paul J. Spaeth ; Ben Bolling -- A. David Lewis ; Yves Davo ; Jeff Geers. Introduction : pt. 1: pt. 2: pt. 3: pt. 4:
A collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history. It examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States. It also demonstrates the different ways in which comic books can be used as resources.
9781441172624 (pbk.) 1441172629 (pbk.) 9781441163196 1441163190
2012462103
015991645 Uk
Geschichte.
Comic books, strips, etc., in education.
History--Study and teaching.
Popular culture--Study and teaching--United States.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Study and teaching.
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
United States--Civilization--Study and teaching.
Aufsatzsammlung.
LB1044.9.C59 / C645 2012
371.33