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The British Superhero
Chris Murray
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Description for The British Superhero
Hardback. Reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, yet Chris Murray demonstrates that there were a great many in Britain and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AKLC; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, yet Murray demonstrates that there were a great many in Britain and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. Sometimes they emulated the style of American comics, but they also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural hegemony, drawing upon satire and parody as a means of critique. Murray illustrates that the superhero genre is a blend ... Read more
Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, yet Murray demonstrates that there were a great many in Britain and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. Sometimes they emulated the style of American comics, but they also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural hegemony, drawing upon satire and parody as a means of critique. Murray illustrates that the superhero genre is a blend ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781496807373
SKU
V9781496807373
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Chris Murray
Chris Murray, Dundee, Scotland, is senior lecturer in comics studies at the University of Dundee and director of the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies. Murray is the author of Champions of the Oppressed: Superhero Comics, Popular Culture, and Propaganda in America during World War II. He is also editor of UniVerse Comics, coeditor of Studies in Comics (Intellect), and co-organizer ... Read more
Reviews for The British Superhero
Murray writes in an engaging, fluid manner and from a clearly evident base of knowledge and experience. . . . The British Superhero is an easy book to recommend for those interested in gaining a somewhat different perspective on superhero comic history.
Bill Capossere, Fantasy Literature
Bill Capossere, Fantasy Literature