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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madison, Nathan Vernon, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Children's literature, American > History and criticism.
Pulp literature, American > History and criticism.
Xenophobia > United States > History.
Children's literature, American.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Pulp literature, American.
Xenophobia.
United States.
Art and design.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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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.
Physical Description:vi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.
ISBN:9780786470952
078647095X
9781476601366
1476601364