{"product_id":"desegregating-comics-debating-blackness-in-the-golden-age-of-american-comics-paperback","title":"Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQiana Whitted\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eQiana Whitted\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome comics fans view the industry's Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex and reveals that even as caricatures predominated, some Golden Age comics creators offered more progressive and nuanced depictions of Black people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesegregating Comics \u003c\/i\u003eassembles a team of leading scholars to explore how debates about the representation of Blackness shaped both the production and reception of Golden Age comics. Some essays showcase rare titles like \u003ci\u003eNegro Romance \u003c\/i\u003eand consider the formal innovations introduced by Black comics creators like Matt Baker and Alvin Hollingsworth, while others examine the treatment of race in the work of such canonical cartoonists as George Herriman and Will Eisner. The collection also investigates how Black fans read and loved comics, but implored publishers to stop including hurtful stereotypes. As this book shows, Golden Age comics artists, writers, editors, distributors, and readers engaged in heated negotiations over how Blackness should be portrayed, and the outcomes of those debates continue to shape popular culture today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eQIANA WHITTED is a professor of English and African American studies at the University of South Carolina. Her books include \u003ci\u003eA God of Justice?: The Problem of Evil in Twentieth-Century Black Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand the Eisner Award-winning \u003ci\u003eEC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also served as chair of the International Comic Arts Forum and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eInks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.9 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772490940704,"sku":"9781978825017","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/497f2f2323ce7c705367a2fd571162e9.webp?v=1780406911","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/desegregating-comics-debating-blackness-in-the-golden-age-of-american-comics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}