{"product_id":"peanuts-and-american-culture-peter-w-y-lee-9781476671444","title":"Peanuts and American Culture: Essays on Charles M. Schulz's Iconic Comic Strip","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e creator Charles M. Schulz insisted good ol' Charlie Brown and his friends were neither \"great art\" nor \"significant.\" Yet Schulz's acclaimed daily comic strip--syndicated in thousands of newspapers over five decades--brilliantly mirrored tensions in American society during the second half of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Focusing on the strip's Cold War roots, this collection of new essays explores existentialism, the reshaping of the nuclear family, the Civil Rights Movement, 1960s counterculture, feminism, psychiatry and fear of the bomb. Chapters focus on the development of Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder, Franklin, Shermy, Snoopy and the other characters that became American icons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter W. Y. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476671443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476671444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.80h x 1.10w x 0.20d","brand":"Peter W. Y. Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129395245311,"sku":"9781476671444","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56d2cf0d-3b51-47f5-bf18-4bd41b50187e.jpg?v=1687463668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peanuts-and-american-culture-peter-w-y-lee-9781476671444","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}