Superman : the persistence of an American icon /
Recognized the world over, Superman is a figure that has retained an enormous popularity for some eighty years. Aspects of the story, such as his Kryptonian origins, are so familiar to his audience that they require little explanation. But aspects of Superman's creation and authorship are often...
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Comics culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon
- 1 Superman Mythos and History
- 2 Ideology and Morality
- 3 Superman: The Object of Nostalgia
- 4 Production, Authorship, and Ownership
- 5 Readers and Audiences
- 6 Superman the Brand and Beyond
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.