Comics & ideology / edited by Matthew P. McAllister, Edward H. Sewell Jr., and Ian Gordon.

Other author McAllister, Matthew P.
Other author Sewell, Edward H., 1944-
Other author Gordon, Ian, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : P. Lang, ©2001.
Descriptionxiii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Comic books, strips, etc.--Political aspects.

Variant title Comics and ideology
SeriesPopular culture & everyday life ; vol. 2
Popular culture & everyday life ; vol. 2. ^A518360
Contents Ownership concentration in the U.S. comic book industry / Matthew P. McAllister -- The women's suffragist movement through the eyes of Life magazine cartoons / J. Robyn Goodman -- Humor and gender politics: a textual analysis of the first feminist comic in Hong Kong / Wendy Siuyi Wong and Lisa M. Cuklanz -- "The dominant trope": sex, violence, and hierarchy in Japanese comics for men / Anne Cooper-Chen -- The tyranny of the melting pot metaphor: Wonder Woman as the Americanized immigrant / Matthew J. Smith -- From realism to superheroes in Marvel's The 'Nam / Annette Matton -- Nostalgia, myth, and ideology: visions of Superman at the end of the "American century" / Ian Gordon -- Kevlar armor, heat-seeking bullets, and social order: a mythological reading of Judge Dredd / Matthew T. Althouse -- Coming out in comic books: letter columns, readers, and gay and lesbian characters / Morris E. Franklin III -- Queer characters in comic strips / Edward H. Sewell, Jr. -- Power to the cubicle-dwellers: an ideological reading of Dilbert / Julie Davis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 00048743
ISBN0820452491 (pbk. : alk. paper)