Printing Terror
American Horror Comics as Cold War Commentary and Critique
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2024
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-7900-5 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-7900-5 (ISBN)
Printing Terror argues that horror comics of the Cold War primarily concern white male victimhood and the monstrosity of the gendered and/or racialised other. -- .
Printing terror takes a fascinating look at American horror comics in the Cold War era, from the 1940s to the 1970s. It reveals how these comics both reflected and fed into the anxieties of the age, particularly in matters of race and gender.
The book traces the history of prominent titles such as Tales from the Crypt, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills, while exploring the careers of cult figures within and around horror comics. Considering the context of Vietnam, the rise of feminism and the growth of the civil rights movement, it argues against the received wisdom that horror comics offered a subversive commentary on society. In reality they often repeated the sexist, racist and nationalistic tropes they purported to undermine.
Featuring a wealth of vivid illustrations, Printing terror offers an exciting new perspective on horror comics, deepening our understanding of this popular but complex genre. -- .
Printing terror takes a fascinating look at American horror comics in the Cold War era, from the 1940s to the 1970s. It reveals how these comics both reflected and fed into the anxieties of the age, particularly in matters of race and gender.
The book traces the history of prominent titles such as Tales from the Crypt, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills, while exploring the careers of cult figures within and around horror comics. Considering the context of Vietnam, the rise of feminism and the growth of the civil rights movement, it argues against the received wisdom that horror comics offered a subversive commentary on society. In reality they often repeated the sexist, racist and nationalistic tropes they purported to undermine.
Featuring a wealth of vivid illustrations, Printing terror offers an exciting new perspective on horror comics, deepening our understanding of this popular but complex genre. -- .
Michael Goodrum is Reader in Cultural History at Canterbury Christ Church University Philip Smith is Associate Chair of Liberal Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design -- .
Introduction
1 The dead – the slain – the unavenged – trauma in the 1940s and 1950s
2 Men are beasts! Wild beasts! Wild beasts must be destroyed! – gender in the 1940s and 1950s
3 Confusion turns to fear – race in the 1940s and 1950s
4 Monster kids: bridging the pre- and post-CCA eras
5 The war has done strange things to you – trauma in the 1960s and 1970s
6 This isn’t a dream! This is really happening! – gender in the 1960s and 1970s
7 We are a species that fears itself most of all – race in the 1960s and 1970s
8 Conclusion: appropriating white male fear
Index -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 83 black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 463 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-7900-8 / 1526179008 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-7900-5 / 9781526179005 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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