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Author:

Austin, Allan W., author.

Title:

All new, all different? : a history of race and the American superhero / Allan W. Austin, Patrick L. Hamilton.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xv, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism.
Heroes--Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Superheroes in literature.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Heroes.
Race in literature.
Superheroes in literature.
United States.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Hamilton, Patrick Lawrence, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index.

Contents:

Coda : born again (and again and again ... and again and again. . .). 7. "World's finest?" : the wartime superhero and race, 1941-1945 -- 2. Struggling for social relevance : DC, Marvel, and the Cold War, 1945-1965 -- 3. "We're all brothers!" : the ideal of liberal brotherhood in the 1960s & 1970s -- 4. Guess who's coming to save you? : the rise of the ethnic superhero in the 1960s & 1970s -- 5. "Something for everyone:" the super team in the age of multiculturalism, 1975-1996 -- 6. Replacement heroes and the quest for inclusion, 1985-2011 -- 7. Something old, something new: heroes reborn and reimagined, 1990-2015 -- Coda : born again (and again and again ... and again and again. . .).

Series:

World comics and graphic nonfiction series

ISBN:

1477318976
9781477318973
1477318968
9781477318966

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1076417962

LCCN:

2018051001

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)