Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes

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SUPER BLACK Nama Book1.indb i 7/18/11 12:53 PM University of Texas Press Austin Nama Book1.indb ii 7/18/11 12:53 PM AMERICAN POP CULTURE AND BLACK SUPERHEROES SUPERBLACK Adilifu Nama AMERICAN POP CULTURE AND BLACK SUPERHEROES Nama Book1.indb iii 7/18/11 12:53 PM Copyright © 2011 by University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2011 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713–7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nama, Adilifu, 1969– Super black : American pop culture and black superheroes / Adilifu Nama. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-72654-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-292-72674-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-292-73545-3 (e-book) 1. Comic books, strips, etc.—Social aspects—United States. 2. Superheroes. 3. African Americans in literature. 4. African Americans in art. 5. Popular culture— United States. I. Title. PN6725.N32 2011 700'.452—dc23 2011019004 Nama Book1.indb iv 7/18/11 12:54 PM To my mother Marquetta Suvenia Bivens, the only superhero I have ever had the privilege of knowing Nama Book1.indb v 7/18/11 12:54 PM THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...