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Pulp Empire
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Author : Paul S. Hirsch
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2021-07-12
Pulp Empire written by Paul S. Hirsch and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-12 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
"Paul Hirsch's revelatory book opens the archives to show the complex relationships between comic books and American foreign relations in the mid-twentieth century. Scourged and repressed on the one hand, yet co-opted and deployed as propaganda on the other, violent, sexist comic books were both vital expressions of American freedom and upsetting depictions of the American id. Hirsch draws on previously classified material and newly available personal records to weave together the perspectives of government officials, comic-book publishers and creators, and people in other countries who found themselves on the receiving end of American culture"--
Pulp Empire Volume Two
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Author : Nicholas Ahlhelm
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010-06-27
Pulp Empire Volume Two written by Nicholas Ahlhelm and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-27 with Fiction categories.
Pulp Empire returns for its second go around with all new stories from thirteen young pulp writers! Shea Hennum and James Pinard return from Volume One and are joined by Ken Janssens, J.M. Stewart, Travis Hiltz, Magnus Aspli, Sam Roseme, Teel James Glenn, Gary Cahill, David Perlmutter, Melissa Embry, and Victor J. Banis. Experience pulp fiction for the twenty-first century in the pages of Pulp Empire!
Heroes Heretics
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Author : Pulp Empire
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-12-30
Heroes Heretics written by Pulp Empire and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-30 with Fiction categories.
Pulp Empire debuts its biggest anthology ever with 19 stories that run the gamut from heroic sword & sorcery to outer space adventure. Heroes & Heretics brings some of the most talented new stars of pulp together in one massive collection of great pulp fiction!
True Story
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Author : Shanon Fitzpatrick
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-19
True Story written by Shanon Fitzpatrick and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-19 with History categories.
The larger-than-life story of Bernarr Macfadden, a bodybuilder who turned his obsession with muscles, celebrity, and confession into a publishing empire that transformed global media. In True Story, Shanon Fitzpatrick tells the unlikely story of an orphan from the Ozarks who became one of history’s most powerful media moguls. Born in 1868 in Mill Spring, Missouri, Bernarr Macfadden turned to bodybuilding to transform himself from a sickly “boy” into a creature of masculine perfection. He then channeled his passion into the magazine Physical Culture, capitalizing on the wider turn-of-the-century mania for fitness. Macfadden Publications soon become a pioneer in mass media, helping to inaugurate our sensational, confessional, and body-obsessed global marketplace. With publications like True Story, a magazine purportedly written and edited by its own readers, as well as scores of romance, crime, and fan magazines, Macfadden specialized in titles that targeted women, immigrants, and the working class. Although derided as pulp by critics of the time, Macfadden’s publications were not merely profitable. They were also influential. They championed reader engagement and interactivity long before these were buzzwords in the media industry, breaking down barriers between producers and consumers of culture. At the same time, Macfadden Publications inspired key elements of modern media strategy by privileging rapid production of new content and equally rapid disintegration and reconfiguration of properties in the face of shifting market conditions. No less than the kings of Hollywood and Madison Avenue, Macfadden was a crucial player in shaping American consumer culture and selling it to the world at large. Though the Macfadden media empire is overlooked today, its legacies are everywhere, from true-crime journalism to celebrity gossip rags and fifteen-minute abs.
Pulp Empire
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Author : Paul S. Hirsch
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-06-05
Pulp Empire written by Paul S. Hirsch and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-05 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture In the 1940s and ’50s, comic books were some of the most popular—and most unfiltered—entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds of millions of copies a year of violent, racist, and luridly sexual comics to Americans of all ages until a 1954 Senate investigation led to a censorship code that nearly destroyed the industry. But this was far from the first time the US government actively involved itself with comics—it was simply the most dramatic manifestation of a long, strange relationship between high-level policy makers and a medium that even artists and writers often dismissed as a creative sewer. In Pulp Empire, Paul S. Hirsch uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government both attacked and appropriated comic books to help wage World War II and the Cold War, promote official—and clandestine—foreign policy and deflect global critiques of American racism. As Hirsch details, during World War II—and the concurrent golden age of comic books—government agencies worked directly with comic book publishers to stoke hatred for the Axis powers while simultaneously attempting to dispel racial tensions at home. Later, as the Cold War defense industry ballooned—and as comic book sales reached historic heights—the government again turned to the medium, this time trying to win hearts and minds in the decolonizing world through cartoon propaganda. Hirsch’s groundbreaking research weaves together a wealth of previously classified material, including secret wartime records, official legislative documents, and caches of personal papers. His book explores the uneasy contradiction of how comics were both vital expressions of American freedom and unsettling glimpses into the national id—scourged and repressed on the one hand and deployed as official propaganda on the other. Pulp Empire is a riveting illumination of underexplored chapters in the histories of comic books, foreign policy, and race.
Modern Pulp Heroes
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Author : Pulp Empire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-06-07
Modern Pulp Heroes written by Pulp Empire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-07 with categories.
While most New Pulp histories trace their history back to the 20s and 30s, Pulp Empire is proud to introduce eight new stories of pulp fiction action set in the present day. From Terry Alexander's E-31 to Teel James Glenn's Deacon Furie to Caine Dorr's Commander Knight, Modern Pulp Heroes features over half a dozen great New Pulp heroes, many appearing here for the first time! Plus the book closes with the first in a new ongoing series that introduces a twenty-first century Domino Lady, a tale that starts here and will continue through future Modern Pulp Heroes volumes!
Pulp Empire Volume One
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Author : Nicholas Ahlhelm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-06-11
Pulp Empire Volume One written by Nicholas Ahlhelm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-11 with categories.
Twelve new pulp fiction stories covering a wide range of genres from science fiction to Lovecraftian monster. Featured authors include Richard Bowness, Arno Hurter, Brockton McKinney, Tom McLaughlin, James Pinard, Shea Hennum, David Herbert, C.J. Hurtt, Michael Penncavage, Nicholas Ahlhelm, Dino Caruso, and Buster Willoughby.
Daughter Of The Empire
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Author : Raymond E. Feist
language : en
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date : 2017-08-22
Daughter Of The Empire written by Raymond E. Feist and has been published by Spectra this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-22 with Fiction categories.
An epic tale of adventure and intrigue, Daughter of the Empire is fantasy of the highest order by two of the most talented writers in the field today. Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan. Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni. While in the opulent Imperial courts, assassins and spy-master plot cunning and devious intrigues against the rightful heir. Now Mara, a young, untested Ruling lady, is called upon to lead her people in a heroic struggle for survival. But first she must rally an army of rebel warriors, form a pact with the alien cho-ja, and marry the son of a hated enemy. Only then can Mara face her most dangerous foe of all—in his own impregnable stronghold.
Comic Books And The Cold War 1946 1962
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Author : Chris York
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Comic Books And The Cold War 1946 1962 written by Chris York and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Conventional wisdom holds that comic books of the post-World War II era are poorly drawn and poorly written publications, notable only for the furor they raised. Contributors to this thoughtful collection, however, demonstrate that these comics constitute complex cultural documents that create a dialogue between mainstream values and alternative beliefs that question or complicate the grand narratives of the era. Close analysis of individual titles, including EC comics, Superman, romance comics, and other, more obscure works, reveals the ways Cold War culture--from atomic anxieties and the nuclear family to communist hysteria and social inequalities--manifests itself in the comic books of the era. By illuminating the complexities of mid-century graphic novels, this study demonstrates that postwar popular culture was far from monolithic in its representation of American values and beliefs.
Magic Lantern Empire
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Author : John Phillip Short
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Magic Lantern Empire written by John Phillip Short and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with History categories.
Magic Lantern Empire examines German colonialism as a mass cultural and political phenomenon unfolding at the center of a nascent, conflicted German modernity. John Phillip Short draws together strands of propaganda and visual culture, science and fantasy to show how colonialism developed as a contested form of knowledge that both reproduced and blurred class difference in Germany, initiating the masses into a modern market worldview. A nuanced account of how ordinary Germans understood and articulated the idea of empire, this book draws on a diverse range of sources: police files, spy reports, pulp novels, popular science writing, daily newspapers, and both official and private archives. In Short’s historical narrative—peopled by fantasists and fabulists, by impresarios and amateur photographers, by ex-soldiers and rank-and-file socialists, by the luckless and bored along the margins of German society—colonialism emerges in metropolitan Germany through a dialectic of science and enchantment within the context of sharp class conflict. He begins with the organized colonial movement, with its expert scientific and associational structures and emphatic exclusion of the "masses." He then turns to the grassroots colonialism that thrived among the lower classes, who experienced empire through dime novels, wax museums, and panoramas. Finally, he examines the ambivalent posture of Germany’s socialists, who mounted a trenchant critique of colonialism, while in their reading rooms workers spun imperial fantasies. It was from these conflicts, Short argues, that there first emerged in the early twentieth century a modern German sense of the global.