Hall, Richard A., Captain America and the American Journey, 1940–2022

Few figures in American popular culture have endured as long, or been burdened with as much symbolic expectation, as Captain America. Introduced before World War II and carried forward through more than eight decades of political change and social conflict, Captain America has repeatedly appeared t...

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1. Verfasser: Arnold, Wayne E.
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: European journal of American studies 2026
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Zusammenfassung:Few figures in American popular culture have endured as long, or been burdened with as much symbolic expectation, as Captain America. Introduced before World War II and carried forward through more than eight decades of political change and social conflict, Captain America has repeatedly appeared to stand in for evolving ideas about the nation itself. In Captain America and the American Journey, 1940–2022, Richard Hall undertakes the task of tracing that long cultural life, treating Captain ...