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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
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 373 pages) : illustrations
Series World comics and graphic nonfiction series
World comics and graphic nonfiction series.
Contents 1. "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
Summary Taking a multifaceted approach to attitudes toward race through popular culture and the American superhero, All New, All Different? explores a topic that until now has only received more discrete examination. Considering Marvel, DC, and lesser-known texts and heroes, this illuminating work charts eighty years of evolution in the portrayal of race in comics as well as in film and on television. Beginning with World War II, the authors trace the vexed depictions in early superhero stories, considering both Asian villains and nonwhite sidekicks. While the emergence of Black Panther, Black Lightning, Luke Cage, Storm, and other heroes in the 1960s and 1970s reflected a cultural revolution, the book reveals how nonwhite superheroes nonetheless remained grounded in outdated assumptions. Multiculturalism encouraged further diversity, with 1980s superteams, the minority-run company Milestone's new characters in the 1990s, and the arrival of Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani-American heroine, and a new Latinx Spider-Man in the 2000s. Concluding with a discussion of contemporary efforts to make both a profit and a positive impact on society, All New, All Different? enriches our understanding of the complex issues of racial representation in American popular culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (DeGruyter, January 26, 2023)
Subject Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism
Heroes -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism
Race in literature.
Superheroes in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels
Comic books, strips, etc.
Race in literature
Superheroes in literature
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Comics (Graphic works)
Bandes dessinées.
Form Electronic book
Author Hamilton, Patrick Lawrence, author.
ISBN 9781477318980
1477318984