Seeing MAD : Essays on MAD Magazine's Humor and Legacy
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| Title: | Seeing MAD : Essays on MAD Magazine's Humor and Legacy |
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| Description: | “Seeing Mad” is an illustrated volume of scholarly essays about the popular and influential humor magazine Mad, with topics ranging across its 65-year history—up to last summer's downsizing announcement that Mad will publish less new material and will be sold only in comic book shops. Mad magazine stands near the heart of post-WWII American humor, but at the periphery in scholarly recognition from American cultural historians, including humor specialists. This book fills that gap, with perceptive, informed, engaging, but also funny essays by a variety of scholars. The chapters, written by experts on humor, comics, and popular culture, cover the genesis of Mad; its editors and prominent contributors; its regular features and departments and standout examples of their contents; perspectives on its cultural and political significance; and its enduring legacy in American culture. |
| Authors: | Judith Yaross Lee, John Bird |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | American wit and humor--History and criticism |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HUMOR / Form / Parodies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | “Seeing Mad” is an illustrated volume of scholarly essays about the popular and influential humor magazine Mad, with topics ranging across its 65-year history—up to last summer's downsizing announcement that Mad will publish less new material and will be sold only in comic book shops. Mad magazine stands near the heart of post-WWII American humor, but at the periphery in scholarly recognition from American cultural historians, including humor specialists. This book fills that gap, with perceptive, informed, engaging, but also funny essays by a variety of scholars. The chapters, written by experts on humor, comics, and popular culture, cover the genesis of Mad; its editors and prominent contributors; its regular features and departments and standout examples of their contents; perspectives on its cultural and political significance; and its enduring legacy in American culture. |
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| ISBN: | 9780826222138 9780826222398 9780826274489 |
