Pulp Empire : : the Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism
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Introduction : making an American monster -- This is our enemy -- The wild spree of the laughing sadist -- Donald Duck's atom bomb -- The devil's ally -- American civilization means airstrips and comic strips -- The free world speaks -- Thor battles the Vietcong -- Conclusions : the ghosts among us.
"Paul Hirsch's revelatory book opens the archives to show the complex relationships between comic books and American foreign relations in the mid-twentieth century. Scourged and repressed on the one hand, yet co-opted and deployed as propaganda on the other, violent, sexist comic books were both vital expressions of American freedom and upsetting depictions of the American id. Hirsch draws on previously classified material and newly available personal records to weave together the perspectives of government officials, comic-book publishers and creators, and people in other countries who found themselves on the receiving end of American culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: 337 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780226350554
022635055X
SUBJECTS
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Social aspects -- United States.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Political aspects -- United States.
Propaganda, American.
Literature in propaganda.
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Literary criticism.