Anti-Foreign Imagery in American Pulps and Comic Books, 1920-1960 /

"This book's purpose is to demonstrate, via the examination of popular youth literature from the 1920s through to the 1950s, that the stories therein drew their definitions of heroism and villainy from an overarching, nativist fear of outsiders that had existed before the Great War, but in...

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Main Author: Madison, Nathan Vernon, 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013.
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Summary:"This book's purpose is to demonstrate, via the examination of popular youth literature from the 1920s through to the 1950s, that the stories therein drew their definitions of heroism and villainy from an overarching, nativist fear of outsiders that had existed before the Great War, but intensified afterwards"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476601366 (electronic bk.)
1476601364 (electronic bk.)