The ages of Superman : essays on the Man of Steel in changing times /
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| Imprint: | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012. |
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| Description: | vi, 239 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8856389 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- "Superman Says You Can Slap a Jap!": The Man of Steel and Race Hatred in World War II
- Supervillains and Cold War Tensions in the 1950s
- Kryptonite, Radiation, and the Birth of the Atomic Age
- Truth, Justice, and the American Way in Franco's Spain
- The Inflexible Girls of Steel: Subverting Second Wave Feminism in the Extended Superman Franchise
- Black Like Lois: Confronting Racism, Configuring African American Presence
- Red, White and Bruised: The Vietnam War and the Weakening of Superman
- The Struggle Within: Superman's Difficult Transition into the Age of Relevance
- "It's Morning Again in America": John Byrne's Re-Imaging of the Man of Steel
- The New "Man of Steel" Is a Quiche-Eating Wimp! Media Reactions to the Reimagining of Superman in the Reagan Era
- More Human than (Super) Human: Clark Kent's Smallville and Reagan's America
- The "Triangle Era" of Superman: Continuity, Marketing and Grand Narratives in the 1990s
- Searching for Meaning in "The Death of Superman"
- Death, Bereavement, and the Superhero Funeral
- Superman and the Corruption of Power
- This Isn't Your Grandfather's Comic Book Universe: The Return of the Golden Age Superman
- In a World Without Superman, What Is the American Way?
- Traveling Hopefully in Search of American National Identity: The "Grounded" Superman as a 21st Century Picaro
- About the Contributors
- Index
