Peacemaker
Satirizing the American Machismo
$166.79
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
16 November 2026
Summary
Exploring how a once-obscure Charlton Comics character evolved into a complex, transmedia figure thanks to filmmaker James Gunn, Peacemaker: Satirizing the American Machismo delivers a sharp, accessible critique of toxic masculinity in American culture.
Across five chapters, this book traces Peacemaker’s transformation from a one-note Cold War vigilante into a conflicted, satirical symbol of modern manhood. Beginning with the character’s origins under creators Joe Gill and Pa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496864277 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1496864271 |
| Author: | Bryan J. Carr |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 16 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Beyond the Comics Pantheon |
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About The Author
Bryan J. Carr
Bryan J. Carr is professor in the Communication Department and in the Information Technology and Data Science Department at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. He is author of The Transmedia Construction of the Black Panther: Long Live the King and coeditor of Gendered Defenders: Marvel’s Heroines in Transmedia Spaces. His work has also been featured in books such as Parasocial Politics: Audiences, Pop Culture, and Politics; What Is a Game? Essays on the Nature of Videogames; and Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line as well as in the Journal of Entertainment and Media Studies and Southwest Mass Communication Journal.
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