The ten-cent plague: the great comic-book scare and how it changed America

In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. Comics spoke to young people and provided the guardians of mainstream culture with a big target. No soo...

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Main Author: Hajdu, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
Edition:1. ed.
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Summary:In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. Comics spoke to young people and provided the guardians of mainstream culture with a big target. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress. This book opens up the lost world of comic books, its creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority, showing how--years before rock 'n' roll--comics brought on a clash between children and their parents, between prewar and postwar standards.-- From publisher description.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:434 S.
ISBN:9780374187675

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