Michael Goodrum, Philip Smith

Printing terror

American horror comics as Cold War commentary and critique

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Printing Terror argues that horror comics of the Cold War primarily concern white male victimhood and the monstrosity of the gendered and/or racialised other. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781526179005
• ISBN-10: 1526179008
• Artikelnr.: 69730281

Autorenporträt

Michael Goodrum is Reader in Cultural History at Canterbury Christ Church University Philip Smith is Associate Chair of Liberal Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 "The dead
the slain
the unavenged."
trauma in the 1940s and 1950s 2 "Men are beasts! Wild beasts! Wild Beasts Must Be Destroyed!"
gender in the 1940s and 1950s 3 "Confusion turns to fear"
race in the 1940s and 1950s 4 Monster kids: bridging the pre
and post
CCA eras 5 "The war has done strange things to you"
trauma in the 1960s and 1970s 6 "This isn't a dream! This is really happening!"
gender in the 1960s and 1970s 7 "We are a species that fears itself most of all"
race in the 1960s and 1970s 8 Conclusion: appropriating white male fear Bibliography Index