{"product_id":"peacemaker-bryan-j-carr-9781496864284","title":"Peacemaker: Satirizing the American Machismo","description":"Exploring how a once-obscure Charlton Comics character evolved into a complex, transmedia figure thanks to filmmaker James Gunn, \u003ci\u003ePeacemaker: Satirizing the American Machismo \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a sharp, accessible critique of toxic masculinity in American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Across five chapters, this book traces Peacemaker's transformation from a one-note Cold War vigilante into a conflicted, satirical symbol of modern manhood. Beginning with the character's origins under creators Joe Gill and Pat Boyette and his later reinvention at DC Comics, this book offers both a publication history and an in-universe biography to help readers follow Peacemaker's many forms across comics, television, and film. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At its core, the study connects Peacemaker to larger cultural forces: violence, nationalism, gender politics, and the \"manosphere.\" Drawing on comics scholarship, media theory, interviews with creators, and real-world political discourse, it shows how Peacemaker both embodies and subverts the ideals of hypermasculinity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blending pop-culture analysis with academic insight, this volume argues that Peacemaker has become an unlikely site of resistance, capable of grappling with the toxic scripts he's been handed and searching, sometimes awkwardly, for a different way to be a man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan J. Carr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149686428X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496864284\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 10\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d","brand":"Bryan J. Carr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50845949264127,"sku":"9781496864284","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peacemaker-bryan-j-carr-9781496864284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}