{"product_id":"all-new-all-different-a-history-of-race-and-the-american-superhero-hardcover","title":"All New, All Different?: A History of Race and the American Superhero - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllan W. Austin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick L. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\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\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and 1970s reflected a cultural revolution, the book reveals how nonwhite superheroes nonetheless remained grounded in outdated assumptions.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'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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllan W. Austin is a professor of history at Misericordia University. He is the author of two previous books, \u003ci\u003eQuaker Brotherhood: Interracial Activism and the American Friends Service Committee, 1917-1950\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Concentration Camp to Campus: Japanese American Students and World War II\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, he served as co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAsian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpace and Time: Essays on Visions of History in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick L. Hamilton is an associate professor of English at Misericordia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOf Space and Mind: Cognitive Mappings of Contemporary Chicano\/a Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published on \u003ci\u003eLos Bros Hernandez\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807373525280,"sku":"9781477318966","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6d916ddfbf4109147a8d4ee04d8eedaa.webp?v=1780931253","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/all-new-all-different-a-history-of-race-and-the-american-superhero-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}