Bending steel : modernity and the American superhero /

Bending steel : modernity and the American superhero /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Regalado, Aldo J. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History.
Superheroes in literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > United States > Influence.
Superhero films > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Secret Origins; CHAPTER TWO: Jungle Lords, Haunting Horrors, and the Big City; CHAPTER THREE: From Strange Visitors to Men of Tomorrow; CHAPTER FOUR: From Steel and Shadows to the Flag; CHAPTER FIVE: Domestication, Dysfunction, and the Rise of Superhero Fandom; CHAPTER SIX: From Renaissance to the Dark Age; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.