Peanuts and American Culture
Subtitle: Essays on Charles M. Schulz's Iconic Comic Strip
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781476671444
Subjects: Schulz, charles m. (charles monroe), 1922-2000; Comic books, strips, etc.
Description: "Focusing on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts 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"--