Seducing the Innocent: Fredric Wertham and the Falsifications That Helped Condemn Comics.
A literary criticism is presented of the book "Seduction of the Innocent," by the psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. Particular focus is given to the book's role in the movement against comics in the U.S. during the 1940s and 1950s. It discusses the book's call to limit the sale of comics to children for...
| Publicado en: | Information & Culture Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 383 - 414 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Texas Press
2012
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism is presented of the book "Seduction of the Innocent," by the psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. Particular focus is given to the book's role in the movement against comics in the U.S. during the 1940s and 1950s. It discusses the book's call to limit the sale of comics to children for reasons including the prevention of juvenile delinquency and to safeguard children's welfare. The article argues that Wertham falsified social data that was used in "Seduction of the Innocent." |
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