The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The ten-cent plague : the great comic-book scare and how it changed America
AUTHOR:
Hajdu, David
ISBN:
9780374187675
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
PHYSICAL_DESC:
434 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references
ABSTRACT:
In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. Comics spoke to young people and provided the guardians of mainstream culture with a big target. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress. This book opens up the lost world of comic books, its creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority, showing how--years before rock 'n' roll--comics brought on a clash between children and their parents, between prewar and postwar standards.-- From publisher description.
SUBJECT:
| Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century |
| Comic books, strips, etc. -- Social aspects -- United States |
| Strips |
BIBSUMMARY:
In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. Comics spoke to young people and provided the guardians of mainstream culture with a big target. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress. This book opens up the lost world of comic books, its creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority, showing how--years before rock 'n' roll--comics brought on a clash between children and their parents, between prewar and postwar standards.-- From publisher description.