Comics as Culture
Comics and cartoons are ingrained in American life.One critic has called comic books crude, unimaginative, banal, vulgar, ultimately corrupting. They have been regarded with considerable suspicion by parents, educators, psychiatrists, and moral reformers. They have been investigated by governmental committees and subjected to severe censorship.Yet more than 200 million copies are sold annually. Upon even casual examination BLONDIE, ARCHIE, MARY WORTH, THE WIZARD OF ID, and SHOE-among the many comic strips-will be found to support some commonly accepted notion or standard of society.Why do comics both amuse and arouse controversy? Here is an a…
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- ISBN: 978-0-87805-408-4
- EAN: 9780878054084
- Produktnummer: 1750636
- Verlag: University Press Of Mississippi
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H28.0 cm x B21.0 cm x D1.1 cm 464 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 464
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