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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:

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

GW Unit:

American Studies

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

McRuer, Robert and McAlister, Melani

Committee Member(s):

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

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation