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The Making, Re-Making, and Un-Making of the American City
THE COMIC BOOK CITY
Presented at the 100th annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American life and history
September 25th, 2015Atlanta, GA
ABSTRACT
ASSIMILATIVE FRAME
FROM A TROUBLED TO A GOLDEN AGE
THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY
FRONTIER IN THE AMERICAN MINDCOWBOYS & WHITEWASHING
Nat Love, nicknamed“Deadwood Dick” was “re-imagined as a white man in pulp adventures stories.
ARCHETYPES
THE IMMIGRANT VIEWA NEW DEAL AVENGER (AND SUPERHERO)
A HERO FOR THE DARK URBAN PAST
NEW COMIC CITIES FOR A POSTWAR AGE
THANK YOU
