LEADER 02931nam 2200553 450 001 9910816729503321 005 20230818111739.0 010 $a1-9788-1983-8 024 7 $a10.36019/9781978819832 035 $a(CKB)4940000000610282 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6715773 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6715773 035 $a(DE-B1597)611925 035 $a(OCoLC)1266361687 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781978819832 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000610282 100 $a20220607d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRobin and the making of American adolescence /$fLauren R. O'Connor 210 1$aNew Brunswick :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (223 pages) 225 1 $aComics Culture 311 $a1-9788-1980-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tCHAPTER 1. THE SECRET ORIGINS OF ADOLESCENCE --$tCHAPTER 2. ROBIN, NIGHTWING, BATMAN --$tCHAPTER 3. GIRLS WONDER --$tCHAPTER 4. MIXED SIGNALS --$tCHAPTER 5. THE SIDEKICK ON SCREEN --$tCONCLUSION --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aHoly adolescence, Batman! Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. Debuting just a few months after Batman himself, Robin has been an integral part of the Dark Knight?s history?and debuting just a few months prior to the word ?teenager? first appearing in print, Robin has from the outset both reflected and reinforced particular images of American adolescence. Closely reading several characters who have ?played? Robin over the past eighty years, Robin and the Making of American Adolescence reveals the Boy (and sometimes Girl!) Wonder as a complex figure through whom mainstream culture has addressed anxieties about adolescents in relation to sexuality, gender, and race. This book partners up comics studies and adolescent studies as a new Dynamic Duo, following Robin as he swings alongside the ever-changing American teenager and finally shining the Bat-signal on the latter half of ?Batman and?.? 410 0$aComics culture. 606 $aSuperheroes 606 $aSidekicks in literature 606 $aAdolescence in literature 610 $abørne- og ungdomslitteratur. 610 $absup. 615 0$aSuperheroes. 615 0$aSidekicks in literature. 615 0$aAdolescence in literature. 676 $a741.5/973 700 $aO'Connor$b Lauren R.$01658466 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816729503321 996 $aRobin and the making of American adolescence$94012485 997 $aUNINA