Pulp demons : international dimensions of the postwar anti-comics campaign / edited by John A. Lent.
| Other author | Lent, John A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©1999. |
| Description | 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Comics debates internationally : their genesis, issues, and commonalities / John A. Lent -- Comic book censorship in the United States / Amy Kiste Nyberg -- Getting a conviction : or, how the British horror comics campaign only just succeeded / Martin Barker -- Comics debate in Germany : against dirt and rubbish, pictorial idiotism, and cultural analphabetism / Goran Jovanovic and Ulrich Koch -- "They have a bad effect" : crime comics, Parliament, and the hegemony of the middle class in postwar Canada / Mona Gleason -- Comics discourse in Australia and Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the innocent / Graeme Osborne -- Comics controversies and codes : reverberations in Asia / John A. Lent -- Fredric Wertham, the sad case of the unhappy humanist / Martin Barker -- Fredric Wertham : a social psychiatrist characterizes crime comic books and media violence as public health issues / James E. Reibman. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98030640 |
| ISBN | 0838637841 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN6710 .P85 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |