{"product_id":"all-new-all-different-a-history-of-race-and-the-american-superhero-hardback-9781477318966","title":"All New, All Different?; A History of Race and the American Superhero (Hardback) 9781477318966","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAll New, All Different?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Race and the American Superhero\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAllan W. Austin (Author), Patrick L. Hamilton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477318966, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 75 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAn invaluable resource for textual examples of the handling of race in American superhero comics and for considering the kinds of characters and stories featuring racial minorities that were common to the different eras it covers.\u003c\/div\u003e (Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society) \u003cdiv\u003eThe authors’ consideration of race [in \u003ci\u003eAll New, All Different?\u003c\/i\u003e]  is holistic, framing the genre over time and providing the reader with a means to understand the superhero archetype and to consider the limitation of racial liberalism in the United States...\u003ci\u003eAll New, All Different?\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important narrative about the gradations around race in superhero comics and the broader society.\u003c\/div\u003e (American Historical Review) \u003cdiv\u003e[\u003ci\u003eAll New, All Different?\u003c\/i\u003e] is an incredibly useful text...an inside look at the ever-changing landscape of comics, and audiences will be enlightened by how attitudes have developed right along with it.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics) \u003cdiv\u003e[Austin and Hamilton's] contribution is more than just compiling a damning narrative. The authors read their material through the history of race in America and alongside a slew of recent scholarship on comics…[\u003ci\u003eAll New, All Different?\u003c\/i\u003e] offers useful insights and ways to read nonwhite superhero tales from the 1960s onward...the scope of the work is impressive.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of American History)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook\/Primer, Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association, 2019\u003cbr\u003eMPCA\/ACA Book Award, Midwest Popular Culture Association \/ Midwest American Culture Association, 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking a multifaceted approach to attitudes toward race through popular culture and the American superhero, \u003ci\u003eAll New, All Different?\u003c\/i\u003e explores a topic that until now has only received more discrete examination. Considering Marvel, DC, and lesser-known texts and heroes, this illuminating work charts eighty years of evolution in the portrayal of race in comics as well as in film and on television.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with World War II, the authors trace the vexed depictions in early superhero stories, considering both Asian villains and nonwhite sidekicks. While the emergence of Black Panther, Black Lightning, Luke Cage, Storm, and other heroes in the 1960s and 1970s reflected a cultural revolution, the book reveals how nonwhite superheroes nonetheless remained grounded in outdated assumptions. Multiculturalism encouraged further diversity, with 1980s superteams, the minority-run company Milestone\u0026amp;#x2019;s new characters in the 1990s, and the arrival of Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani-American heroine, and a new Latinx Spider-Man in the 2000s. Concluding with a discussion of contemporary efforts to make both a profit and a positive impact on society, \u003ci\u003eAll New, All Different?\u003c\/i\u003e enriches our understanding of the complex issues of racial representation in American popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Into the “\u003cbr\u003eGutters”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. “\u003cbr\u003eWorld’\u003cbr\u003es Finest”\u003cbr\u003e? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–\u003cbr\u003e1945\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Struggling for Social Relevance: DC, Marvel, and the Cold War, 1945–\u003cbr\u003e1965\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. “\u003cbr\u003eWe’\u003cbr\u003ere All Brothers!”\u003cbr\u003e: The Ideal of Liberal Brotherhood in the 1960s and 1970s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Guess Who’\u003cbr\u003es Coming to Save You? The Rise of the Ethnic Superhero in the 1960s and 1970s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. “\u003cbr\u003eSomething for Everyone”\u003cbr\u003e: The Superteam in the Age of Multiculturalism, 1975–\u003cbr\u003e1996\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Replacement Heroes and the Quest for Inclusion, 1985–\u003cbr\u003e2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Something Old, Something New: Heroes Reborn and Reimagined, 1990–\u003cbr\u003e2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoda: Born Again (and Again and Again . . . and Again and Again . . .)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52590956970264,"sku":"9781477318966","price":58.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/all-new-all-different-a-history-of-race-and-the-american-superhero-hardback-9781477318966","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}