Whither the Self-Made Man? Comic Culture and the Crisis of Legitimation in the United States
In this article I trace shifts in the occupational worldview, and thereby in the myth of the self-made man as a legtimator of class in the United States, as reflected in the American comic strip from 1925 to 1975. In so doing, I investigate not only the crisis of meaning which some now see as... Full description
| 1st Person: | Kasen, Jill H. |
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in Social problems : official journal of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Vol. 28, No. 2 (1980), p. 131-148  More Articles |
| Type of Publication: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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1980 |
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