{"product_id":"blockheads-beagles-and-sweet-babboos-michelle-ann-abate-9781496844187","title":"Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts","description":"\u003ci\u003eBlockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's \"Peanuts\" \u003c\/i\u003esheds new light on the past importance, ongoing significance, and future relevance of a comics series that millions adore: Charles M. Schulz's \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e. More specifically, it examines a fundamental feature of the series: its core cast of characters. In chapters devoted to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Franklin, Pigpen, Woodstock, and Linus, author Michelle Ann Abate explores the figures who made Schulz's strip so successful, so influential, and--above all--so beloved. In so doing, the book gives these iconic figures the in-depth critical attention that they deserve and for which they are long overdue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Abate considers the exceedingly familiar characters from \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e in markedly unfamiliar ways. Drawing on a wide array of interpretive lenses, \u003ci\u003eBlockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to revisit, reexamine, and rethink characters that have been household names for generations. Through this process, the chapters demonstrate not only how Schulz's work remains a subject of acute critical interest more than twenty years after the final strip appeared, but also how it embodies a rich and fertile site of social, cultural, and political meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Ann Abate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496844181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496844187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Michelle Ann Abate","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076496716031,"sku":"9781496844187","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb348805-c909-4347-8659-5017ff5e8769.jpg?v=1685465317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blockheads-beagles-and-sweet-babboos-michelle-ann-abate-9781496844187","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}