Overview

"Peanuts 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. 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."

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Author:   Peter W.Y. Lee
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9781476671444

ISBN 10:   1476671443
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   17 May 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction: Not a Peanut Gallery “Good grief, I thought it was the fallout”: Charlie Brown and the Long ’50s (Cliff Starkey) Two Different Worlds: Adults, Children and Their Relationship (Olaf Meuther) Listening to Charlie Brown: Musicians and Music Making as Cold War Era Critique (Tom Zlabinger) To Hell with Franklin: Spilling Ink on the Color Line (Peter W.Y. Lee) Be a Good Spaceman, Charlie Brown: Charles M. Schulz and the Space Race (Peter W.Y. Lee) Little Girls with Big Voices: How Charles Schulz’s Girl Characters Challenge the Patriarchy in Which They Are Trapped (Erin C. Callahan) “The Doctor Is IN”: Gender, Space and Power in Lucy’s Psychiatric Booth (Catherine W. Zipf) No Room for Normality: Shermy and Postwar Childhood (Peter W.Y. Lee) Cold War Snoopy, or, Do Beagles Dream of Electric Bunnies? (Jessica K. Brandt) About the Contributors Index

Reviews

Peter W.Y. Lee...has assembled a diverse field of researchers...thorough...the collection fulfills its title's promise of examining social themes in Schulz' work...fascinating...makes a valuable contribution to the study of Charles M. Schulz and his works. It is indispensable to any scholar seriously studying Schulz and his beloved comic strip. --Children's Literature Association.

"""Peter W.Y. Lee...has assembled a diverse field of researchers...thorough...the collection fulfills its title's promise of examining social themes in Schulz' work...fascinating...makes a valuable contribution to the study of Charles M. Schulz and his works. It is indispensable to any scholar seriously studying Schulz and his beloved comic strip.""--Children's Literature Association."

Author Information

Peter W.Y. Lee has written many articles on film and comic books. He lives in Simi Valley, California.

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