Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels by Benson, Josef
Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels by Benson, Josef

Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels

American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes...
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Author: Josef Benson
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Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels by Benson, Josef

Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels

$100.98
Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels by Benson, Josef

Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels

$100.98
Author: Josef Benson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
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.

Author: Josef Benson, William Singsen
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 02/21/2022
Pages: 298
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9781496838346

About the Author
Benson, Josef: - Josef Benson is associate professor of literatures and languages at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He is author of Star Wars: The Triumph of Nerd Culture; J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" A Cultural History; and Hypermasculinities in the Contemporary Novel: Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin.Singsen, William: - Doug Singsen is associate professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. His work has been published in Modernism/modernity, the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Key Terms in Comics Studies, Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, and Art History Teaching Resources.
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