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World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
The World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series includes monographs and edited volumes that focus on the analysis and interpretation of comic books and graphic nonfiction from around the world. The books published in the series use analytical approaches from literature, art history, cultural studies, communication studies, media studies, and film studies, among other fields, to help define the comic book studies field at a time of great vitality and growth.
The Hate-Mongers: Characterizing Racism in Comics
; 7/19/2020 News at Home tags: racism, civil rights, comics, multiculturalism by Patrick L. Hamilton and Allan W. Austin Patrick L. Hamilton, Ph.D., and Allan W. Austin, Ph.D., are professors of English and history at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA. They are the co-authors of All New, All Different? A History of Race and the American Superhero (2019), published by the University of Texas Press. Detail from cover of Fantastic Four #21, 1963.
The Hate-Mongers: Characterizing Racism in Comics
; 7/19/2020 News at Home tags: racism, civil rights, comics, multiculturalism by Patrick L. Hamilton and Allan W. Austin Patrick L. Hamilton, Ph.D., and Allan W. Austin, Ph.D., are professors of English and history at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA. They are the co-authors of All New, All Different? A History of Race and the American Superhero (2019), published by the University of Texas Press. Detail from cover of Fantastic Four #21, 1963.
DC Comics and the American Dilemma of Race
; 3/27/2020 Culture Watch tags: racism, comics, diversity, multiculturalism, popular culture by Patrick L. Hamilton and Allan W. Austin Patrick L. Hamilton, Ph.D., and Allan W. Austin, Ph.D., are professors of English and history at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA. They are the co-authors of All New, All Different? A History of Race and the American Superhero (2019), published by the University of Texas Press.
Black (Panther) power?
Comics’ first black superhero—Marvel’s Black Panther—is undergoing a bit of a renaissance this spring. The character, played by Chadwick Boseman, will soon join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuting in May’s Captain America: Civil War before headlining his own film, scheduled for release in 2018.
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This sudden ascendancy aside, Black Panther’s history has more often been suggestive of the limits impinging black identity in the United States. He and Wakanda, the fictional African nation he rules, first appeared in “Fantastic Four” No. 52 (July 1966) but evoked the stereotype of the “noble savage,” juxtaposing wondrous technology and primitive stereotypes.
Other view: Want to understand America's struggles with race? Read comic books
Comics' first black superhero — Marvel's Black Panther — is undergoing a bit of a renaissance this spring. The character, played by Chadwick Boseman, will soon join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuting in May's "Captain America: Civil War" before headlining his own film, scheduled for release in 2018.In addition, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the National Book Award winner and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient, will write a new Black Panther series with artist Brian Stelfreeze.
The conflicted past of comics' Black Panther
Patrick Hamilton is an associate professor of English at Misericordia University. Allan Austin is a professor of history and government at Misericordia. Comics' first black superhero - Marvel's Black Panther - is undergoing a bit of a renaissance this spring. The character, played by Chadwick Boseman, will soon join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuting in May's Captain America: Civil War before headlining his own film, scheduled for release in 2018.
Black superhero illustrates nation's racial struggle
Comics’ first black superhero — Marvel’s Black Panther — is undergoing a bit of a renaissance this spring. The character, played by Chadwick Boseman, will soon join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuting in May’s “Captain America: Civil War’’ before headlining his own film, scheduled for release in 2018. National Book Award-winner and MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a new Black Panther series with artist Brian Stelfreeze.
Even superheroes no match for racial divide
If you've been paying attention to comics recently, you probably know that Captain America is now black. While the monetary motives behind Marvel's decision to make such a dramatic change are not hard to guess - gin up some publicity, increase sales, set up the inevitable and lucrative return of the original Cap Steve Rogers - the transition to a black Cap also reflects the continuing struggle with race in America. Race-swapping is hardly new to comics.
African Muslims in Antebellum America
Table of Contents Book Description Critics' Reviews 1st Edition By Allan D. Austin Copyright 1997 A condensation and updating of his African Muslims in Antebellum America: A Sourcebook (1984), noted scholar of antebellum black writing and history Dr. Allan D. Austin explores, via portraits, documents, maps, and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the slave trade between 1730 and 1860. Also includes five maps.
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