Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Steinmetz, Christian J
URN	etd-07162008-095222
Title	A GENEALOGY OF ABSENCE & EVIL: TRACING THE NATION'S BORDERS WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Communications
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Mary E. Stuckey Committee Chair Greg Smith Committee Member Ted Friedman Committee Member
Keywords	Comic Books National Ideology Captain America Nation Limit Attitude
Date of Defense	2008-06-26
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Although research has previously connected comic books and national ideology, there has yet to be a study examining the role of villains in this relationship. By analyzing representations of evil and villainy in the long-running series Captain America and understanding them in light of the model of the circuit of culture, the transforming imaginary space of the American nation can be traced.
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