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Heroic Measures: Comic Book Superheroes and the Cultural Politics of Popular Fantasy in Postwar America

Description:

This dissertation examines how the American superhero became a cultural embodiment of the political aspirations of racial and gendered minorities in the postwar period. During WWII, the superhero appeared as an idealized icon of American patriotism and masculinity. In the Cold War, however, comic...

Author:

Fawaz, Ramzi

Keyword:

Comic Books, Cultural Studies, Women and Gender Studies, American Literature, Fantasy, and Popular Culture

GW Unit:

American Studies

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

McAlister, Melani and McRuer, Robert

Committee Member(s):

Nash, Jennifer, Anker, Elisabeth, Kosek, Joseph, and Wald, Gayle

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation