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  1. Bandits, misfits, and superheroes
    whiteness and its borderlands in American comics and graphic novels
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers... more

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent
    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers sought to advance an antiracist agenda, their attempts were often undermined by a lack of awareness of their own whiteness and the ideological baggage that goes along with it. Even the most celebrated figures of the industry, such as Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Jack Jackson, William Gaines, Stan Lee, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, and Frank Miller, have not been able to distance themselves from the problematic racism embedded in their narratives despite their intentions or explanations. Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels provides a sober assessment of these creators and their role in perpetuating racism throughout the history of comics. Josef Benson and Doug Singsen identify how whiteness has been defined, transformed, and occasionally undermined over the course of eighty years in comics and in many genres, including westerns, horror, crime, funny animal, underground comix, autobiography, literary fiction, and historical fiction. This exciting and groundbreaking book assesses industry giants, highlights some of the most important episodes in American comic book history, and demonstrates how they relate to one another and form a larger pattern, in unexpected and surprising ways"

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781496838339; 9781496838346
    RVK Categories: EC 7120 ; HU 1821 ; LC 84610 ; LB 31960 ; AP 88916
    Subjects: Superheld; Weißsein; Rassismus; Comic
    Other subjects: Comic books, strips, etc / United States / History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc / Social aspects / United States; Racism / United States / Comic books, strips, etc; Racism and the arts / United States; White people / Race identity / United States / Comic books, strips, etc; Outlaws / Comic books, strips, etc; Superheroes / Comic books, strips, etc; Comic books, strips, etc; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: ix, 286 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
    Notes:

    Introduction -- Chapter one: Race and racism in the birth of the superhero -- Chapter two: The Southern outlaw and the white Indian in Western comics -- Chapter three: Colonialism and primitivism in US Comics -- Chapter four: Civil rights and the limits of liberalism -- Chapter five: Robert Crumb's cathartic racism -- Chapter six: Jewish exceptionalism and assimilation in the 1970s and 1980s -- Chapter seven: Racial borderlands in alternative comics -- Chapter eight: The deconstruction of the white superhero in Watchmen -- Chapter nine: Frank Miller's hyper masculine whiteness and the defense of Western culture -- Chapter ten: Reskinning narratives: taking off the mask -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

  2. Bandits, misfits, and superheroes
    whiteness and its borderlands in American comics and graphic novels
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers... more

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers sought to advance an antiracist agenda, their attempts were often undermined by a lack of awareness of their own whiteness and the ideological baggage that goes along with it. Even the most celebrated figures of the industry, such as Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Jack Jackson, William Gaines, Stan Lee, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, and Frank Miller, have not been able to distance themselves from the problematic racism embedded in their narratives despite their intentions or explanations. Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels provides a sober assessment of these creators and their role in perpetuating racism throughout the history of comics. Josef Benson and Doug Singsen identify how whiteness has been defined, transformed, and occasionally undermined over the course of eighty years in comics and in many genres, including westerns, horror, crime, funny animal, underground comix, autobiography, literary fiction, and historical fiction. This exciting and groundbreaking book assesses industry giants, highlights some of the most important episodes in American comic book history, and demonstrates how they relate to one another and form a larger pattern, in unexpected and surprising ways"

     

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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781496838339; 9781496838346
    RVK Categories: EC 7120 ; HU 1821 ; LC 84610 ; LB 31960 ; AP 88916
    Subjects: Superheld; Weißsein; Rassismus; Comic
    Other subjects: Comic books, strips, etc / United States / History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc / Social aspects / United States; Racism / United States / Comic books, strips, etc; Racism and the arts / United States; White people / Race identity / United States / Comic books, strips, etc; Outlaws / Comic books, strips, etc; Superheroes / Comic books, strips, etc; Comic books, strips, etc; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: ix, 286 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
    Notes:

    Introduction -- Chapter one: Race and racism in the birth of the superhero -- Chapter two: The Southern outlaw and the white Indian in Western comics -- Chapter three: Colonialism and primitivism in US Comics -- Chapter four: Civil rights and the limits of liberalism -- Chapter five: Robert Crumb's cathartic racism -- Chapter six: Jewish exceptionalism and assimilation in the 1970s and 1980s -- Chapter seven: Racial borderlands in alternative comics -- Chapter eight: The deconstruction of the white superhero in Watchmen -- Chapter nine: Frank Miller's hyper masculine whiteness and the defense of Western culture -- Chapter ten: Reskinning narratives: taking off the mask -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

  3. Bandits, misfits, and superheroes
    whiteness and its borderlands in American comics and graphic novels