Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics

by Qiana Whitted

Book Overview

Some 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.

Desegregating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978825013
• ISBN13: 9781978825017
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher