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Book Reviews

Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays, edited by Robert G. Weiner

Foreword by John Shelton Lawrence, Afterward by J.M. DeMatteis, Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Company, 2009, v + 255pp., £35.50 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-7864-3703-0

Pages 93-95 | Published online: 17 Jun 2011

References

  • Anderson , B. 1991 . Imagined communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism , London : Verso .
  • Coogan , P. 2006 . Superhero: the secret origin of a genre , Austin, TX : Monkeybrain Books .
  • Dittmer , J. 2009 . “ Captain America and Captain Britain: geopolitical identity and the special relationship ” . In Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays , Edited by: Weiner , R.G. 135 – 146 . Jefferson, NC and London : McFarland & Company .
  • DuBose , M.S. 2009 . “ The man behind the mask? Models of masculinity and the persona of heroes in Captain America prose novels ” . In Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays , Edited by: Weiner , R.G. 204 – 214 . Jefferson, NC and London : McFarland & Company .
  • Gillen , S. 2009 . “ Post-traumatic stress syndrome, and the Vietnam era ” . In Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays , Edited by: Weiner , R.G. Jefferson, NC and London : McFarland & Company .
  • Hack , B.E. 2009 . “ Weakness is a crime: Captain America and the eugenic ideal in early twentieth-century America ” . In Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays , Edited by: Weiner , R.G. 79 – 89 . Jefferson, NC and London : McFarland & Company .
  • McWilliams , O. 2009 . “ Not just another racist honkey: a history of racial representation in Captain America and related publications ” . In Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays , Edited by: Weiner , R.G. 66 – 78 . Jefferson, NC and London : McFarland & Company .
  • Weiner , R.G. 2009a . “ Introduction ” . In Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays , Edited by: Weiner , R.G. 9 – 14 . Jefferson, NC and London : McFarland & Company .
  • Weiner , R.G. 2009b . “ Sixty-five years of guilt over the death of Bucky ” . In Captain America and the struggle of the superhero: critical essays , Edited by: Weiner , R.G. 90 – 103 . Jefferson, NC and London : McFarland & Company .

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