Superhero comics
"A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: The history of superhero comics--from mythic influences to 21st century...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2018.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Bloomsbury comics studies. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44354678*spi |
| Sumario: | "A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: The history of superhero comics--from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions Cultural contexts--from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War's transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representation Key texts--from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther Approaches to visual analysis--from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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| Descripción Física: | x, 357 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781474226370 9781474226363 9781474226349 9781474226387 9781474226356 |
