{"product_id":"unstable-masks-sean-guynes-9780814214183","title":"Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Outstanding Academic Title for 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eUnstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, Sean Guynes and Martin Lund bring together a series of essays that contextualize the histories and stakes of whiteness studies, superhero comics, and superhero studies for academics, fans, and media-makers alike. The volume illustrates how the American comic book superhero is fundamentally a figure of white power and white supremacy and ultimately calls for diversity in superhero comics as well as a democratized media culture.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors not only examine superhero narratives but also delve into the production, distribution, audience, and reception of those narratives, highlighting the imbrication of forces that have helped to create, normalize, question, and sometimes even subvert American beliefs about whiteness and race. \u003ci\u003eUnstable Masks \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the co-constitutive nature of identity, representation, narrative, production and consumption, and historical and cultural contexts in forging the stereotypes that decide who gets to be a superhero and who gets to be American on the four-color pages of comic books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Guynes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814214185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814214183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Sean Guynes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994376110335,"sku":"9780814214183","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c83cd07-d09c-4498-aec4-87bd62f1481a.jpg?v=1683329778","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unstable-masks-sean-guynes-9780814214183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}