Super-history comic book superheroes and American society, 1938 to the present /

Main Author: Johnson, Jeffrey K., 1972-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10557753
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260 |a Jefferson, N.C. :  |b McFarland,  |c c2012. 
300 |a x, 220 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a We need a hero: New Deal social avengers and vigilantes (1938-1940) -- World War II and super-patriots (1941-1945) -- The nuclear era (1945-1989) -- The postwar 1940s and 1950s: supernormal (1946-1959) -- Counterculture heroes (1960-1969) -- The American malaise (1970-1979) -- Super-conservatives and neo-cowboys (1980-1989) -- Searching for a new direction (1990-1999) -- Decade of fear (2000-2009). 
650 0 |a Comic books, strips, etc.  |x History and criticism. 
650 0 |a Literature and society  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Superheroes in literature. 
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