Pulp empire : a secret history of comic book imperialism / Paul S. Hirsch.

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"Paul Hirsch's revelatory book opens the archives to show the complex relationships between comic books and American foreign relations in the mid-twentieth century. Scourged and repressed on the one hand, yet co-opted and deployed as propaganda on the other, violent, sexist comic books were both vit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hirsch, Paul S. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History and criticism. Comic books, strips, etc. > Social aspects > United States. Comic books, strips, etc. > Political aspects > United States. Propaganda, American. Literature in propaganda. United States > Civilization > 1945- Civilization. Comic books, strips, etc. Comic books, strips, etc. > Political aspects. Comic books, strips, etc. > Social aspects. United States. Since 1945 Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Local Note:	MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket.
Physical Description:	337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	Secret history of comic book imperialism Comic book imperialism
Format:	Book

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