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The Comic Book Western - New Perspectives on a Global Genre (Hardcover)
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The Comic Book Western - New Perspectives on a Global Genre (Hardcover)
Series: Postwestern Horizons
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One of the greatest untold stories about the globalization of the
Western is the key role of comics. Few American cultural exports
have been as successful globally as the Western, a phenomenon
commonly attributed to the widespread circulation of fiction, film,
and television. The Comic Book Western centers comics in the
Western's international success. Even as readers consumed
translations of American comic book Westerns, they fell in love
with local ones that became national or international sensations.
These essays reveal the unexpected cross-pollinations that allowed
the Western to emerge from and speak to a wide range of historical
and cultural contexts, including Spanish and Italian fascism,
Polish historical memory, the ideology of shojo manga from Japan,
British post-apocalypticism and the gothic, race and identity in
Canada, Mexican gender politics, French critiques of manifest
destiny, and gaucho nationalism in Argentina. The vibrant themes
uncovered in The Comic Book Western teach us that international
comic book Westerns are not hollow imitations but complex and
aesthetically powerful statements about identity, culture, and
politics.
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