TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stevens,J.Richard
TI  - Captain America, masculinity, and violence: the evolution of a national icon 
T2  - Television and popular culture
SN  - 9780815653202
AV  - PN6728 .C378 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Syracuse, New York
PB  - Syracuse University Press
KW  - Captain America
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - United States
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Violence in comics
KW  - Masculinity in comics
KW  - Superheroes in comics
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Preface --; 1. Introduction: Sentinel of Liberty --; 2. The Anti-Hitler Crusader (1940-1949) --; 3. Commie Smasher! (1953-1954) --; 4. The Man out of Time (1963-1969) --; 5. The Liberal Crusader (1969-1979) --; 6. The Hypercommercialized Leader (1979-1990) --; 7. The Superficial Icon (1990-2002) --; 8. Captain America's Responses to the War on Terror (2002-2007) --; 9. The Death and Rebirths of Captain America (2007-2014) --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; 2; b
N2  - "Captain America's adventures span from World War II through the Cold War to the American War on Terror. In Captain America, Masculinity, and Violence, Stevens reveals how the hero evolved to maintain relevance to America's fluctuating ideas of masculinity, patriotism, and violence. Tracking the history of Captain America's adventures, Stevens places them in dialogue with the comic book industry as well as American politics, showing how the hero represents the ultimate American story: permanent enough to survive for more than seventy years with a history fluid enough to be constantly reinterpreted to meet the needs of an ever-changing culture, "--Back cover
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