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Title Superman is Jewish? : how comic book superheroes came to serve truth, justice, and the Jewish-American way / Harry Brod.
Author Brod, Harry, 1951- author.
Edition First Free Press trade paperback edition.
Publisher New York, NY : Free Press, 2016.
Copyright ©2012

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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 9 Annexe  Gen Lit V25 BRO  
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Description xxviii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN 9781416595304 hardback
1416595309 hardback
9781416595311 paperback
1416595317 paperback
Note Originally published: 2012.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Superman as supermentsh: how the ultimate alien became the iconic all-American -- Flights of Jewish imagination: from the old country to tales of a better tomorrow -- The comic in comics: MAD in the original Yiddish -- War and peace: the rise and fall of the superheroes in and after World War II -- It's a Jewish thing: not-so-secret identities in the Marvel Bullpen -- The pen is mightier than the words: the spirit of Will Eisner -- A Jew at war: the art of Joe Kubert -- Of mice and supermen: Art Spiegelman's Maus -- From the new world back to the old: Jewish comics abroad -- The amazing adventures of Michael Chabon: Kavalier and Clay.
Summary Harry Brod situates superheroes within the course of Jewish-American history: they are aliens in a foreign land, like Superman; figures plagued by guilt for abandoning their families, like Spider-Man; and outsiders persecuted for being different, like the X-Men. Brod blends humor and sharp observation as he considers the overt and discreet Jewish characteristics of these well-known figures and explores how their creators integrated their Jewish identities and their creativity.
Library Class Gen Lit V25
Subject Comic books, strips, etc -- United States -- History and criticism.
Superheroes.
Jewish cartoonists -- United States.
Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life.

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