Fredric Wertham and the critique of mass culture /
Too often remembered solely as the psychiatrist and cultural critic whose testimony in Senate subcommittees sparked the creation of the Comics Code, Fredric Wertham was a far more complex man. Author Bart Beaty traces the evolution of Wertham's attitudes toward popular culture and reassesses hi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2005
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Too often remembered solely as the psychiatrist and cultural critic whose testimony in Senate subcommittees sparked the creation of the Comics Code, Fredric Wertham was a far more complex man. Author Bart Beaty traces the evolution of Wertham's attitudes toward popular culture and reassesses his place in the debate about pop culture's effects on youth and society. When The Seduction of the Innocent was published in 1954, Wertham (1895-1981) became instantly known as an authority on child psychology. Although he had published several books before Seduction, its sharp criticism of popular cultur. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis, McGill University. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429460484 1429460482 9781604730715 1604730714 1282917242 9781282917248 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
