Table of Contents
Introduction"Comic Books as History Teachers"By Matthew PustzPart I: Doing Cultural History Through Comic Books1. "How Wonder Woman Helped My Students ‘Join the Conversation:' Comic Books as Teaching Tools in a History Methodology Course"By Jessamyn Neuhaus2. "Comics as Primary Sources: The Case of Jourbaney into Mohawk Country"By Bridget M. Marshall3. "Transcending the Frontier Myth: Dime Novel Narration and (Jesse) Custer's Last Stand in Preacher"By William Grady4. " ‘Duel. I'll Give You a DUEL': Intimacy and History in Megan Kelso's Alexander Hamilton Trilogy"By Alison MandavillePart II: Comic Books as Cultural Artifacts1. "American Golem: Reading America through Super-New Dealers and ‘the Melting Pot'"By Martin Lund2. " ‘Dreams May End, But Love Never Does': Marriage and Materialism in American Romance Comics, 1947-1954"By Jeanne Emerson Gardner3. "Parody and Propaganda: Fighting American and The Battle Against Crime and Communism in the 1950s"By John Donovan4. "Grasping for Identity: The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu"By Peter Lee5. " ‘Paralysis and Stagnation and Drift': America's Malaise as Demonstrated in Comic Books of the 1970s"By Matthew Pustz6. "The Shopping Malls of Empire: Cultural Fragmentation, the New Media, and Consumerism in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!"By Matthew J. CostelloPart III: Comic Books and Historical Identity1. "Transformers and Monkey Kings: Gene Yang's American Born Chinese and the Quest for Identity"By Todd S. Munson2. "Agent of Change: The Evolution and Enculturation of Nick Fury"By Philip G. Payne and Paul S. Spaeth3. "The US HIV/AIDS Crisis and the Negotiation of Queer Identity in Superhero Comics, or, Is Northstar Still a A Fairy?"By Ben BollingPart IV: Comic Books and Contemporary History1. "The Militarism of American Superheroes After 9/11"By A. David Lewis2. "Septemeber 11, 2001: Witnessing History, Demythifying the Story in American Widow "By Yves Davo3. " ‘The Great Machine Doesn't Wear a Cape!': American Cultural Anxiety and the Post-9/11 Superhero"By Jeff Geers
