Robin and the making of American adolescence
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Robin and the making of American adolescence
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The work Robin and the making of American adolescence represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Robin and the making of American adolescence
- Statement of responsibility
- Lauren R. O'Connor
- Subject
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- Robin, the Boy Wonder (Fictitious character)
- Robin, the Boy Wonder (Fictitious character)
- Sidekicks in literature
- Sidekicks in literature
- Sidekicks in literature
- Superheroes
- Superheroes
- Superheroes
- Adolescence in literature
- Adolescence in literature
- Adolescence in literature
- Robin, the Boy Wonder (Fictitious character)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. Debuting just a few months after Batman himself, Robin has been an integral part of the Dark Knight's history-and debuting just a few months prior to the word "teenager" first appearing in print, Robin has from the outset both reflected and reinforced particular images of American adolescence. Closely reading several characters who have "played" Robin over the past eighty years, Robin and the Making of American Adolescence reveals the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about adolescents in relation to sexuality, gender, and race. This book partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, following Robin as he swings alongside the ever-changing American teenager and finally shining the Bat-signal on the latter half of "Batman and --.""--
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- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Comics culture
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