National characteristics, American, in comics

Here are entered works on the representation of American national characteristics in comics.

found : Work cat.: Mark Gruenwald and the star spangled symbolism of Captain America, 1985-1995, 2021: p.46 (specification of what Captain American actually stands for: "freedom and the American Dream." The definition of both of these concepts are wrestled with throughout Gruenwald's run) (OCoLC)1198976025

found : Goodrum, M. Superheroes and American self image : from war to Watergate, 2016 (summary: This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of comic-books, mobilising them as a means to understand better the political context in which they are produced. Structured around key political events in the US between 1938 and 1975, the author combines analyses of visual and textual discourse, including comic-book letters pages, to come to a more complete picture of the relationship between comic-books as documents and the people who read and created them. Exploring the ways in which ideas about the US and its place in the world were represented in major superhero comic-books during the tumultuous period of US history from the Great Depression to the political trauma of Watergate and the end of the Vietnam War, Superheroes and American Self-Image sheds fresh light on the manner in which comic-books shape and are shaped by contemporary politics) (OCoLC)919452256

found : De Dauw, Esther. Hot pants and spandex suits : gender representation in American superherocomic books, 2021: p. 1 (this book discusses superheroes in their sociohistorical context and determines how they are informed by dominant gender ideology in the American cultural landscape) pp. 3-4 (American national identity; American superheroes demonstrated that a (phenotypically) white American identity was the central requirement for powerful masculinity, displacing Anglo-Saxon or Germanic ancestry as a prerequisite for whiteness) p. 27 (how the ideal "biological" masculinity perpetuated in comics is closely tied to notions of whiteness, American nationality, and technological and scientific advancement; focusing on class, American national identity, and the status of the immigrant) (OCoLC)1227386548

Here are entered works on the representation of American national characteristics in comics.