Champions of the Oppressed?
| Author | : Christopher Murray |
| Publisher | : Hampton Press (NJ) |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2011-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1612890032 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781612890036 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (036 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Champions of the Oppressed? by : Christopher Murray
Download or read book Champions of the Oppressed? written by Christopher Murray and published by Hampton Press (NJ). This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between American superhero comics and progaganda during World War II. It contends that superhero comics were an important means by which the war was represented to the American people and argues that the ideological links between superhero comics and propaganda resides in the imagery and rhetoric they both employed in order to fashion, maintain and reshape conceptions of identity, power and morality for poltical purposes
