Printing Terror

American Horror Comics as Cold War Commentary and Critique

Printing Terror
Philip Smith, Michael Goodrum
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Hardback
h234 x 156mm - 328pg
28 Jan 2021 UK
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9781526135926
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Printing Terror places horror comics of the Cold War in dialogue with the anxieties of their age. It rejects the narrative of horror comics as inherently, and necessarily, subversive and explores, instead, the ways in which these texts manifest white male fears over America' s changing sociological landscape. It examines two eras: the pre-CCA period of the 1940s up to 1954, and the post-CCA era to 1975. The book examines each of these periods through the lenses of war, gender, and race, demonstrating that horror comics at this time were centered on white male victimhood and the monstrosity of the gendered and/or racialised other. It is of interest to scholars of horror, comics studies, and American history. -- .
Michael Goodrum is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University in the UKPhilip Smith is Associate Chair of Liberal Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design in Hong Kong
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781526135926
Published: 28 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 328

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