Books written by Matthew J. Smith

The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture

Ujiie, Joanne, and Stephen Krashen, “Comic Book Reading, Reading Enjoyment, and Pleasure Reading among Middle Class and Chapter I Middle School Students.” Reading Improvement 33 (1996): 51–54. Uricchio, William, and Roberta E. Pearson.
The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture

Karen Berger's tenure as one of comicdom's most influential editors suggests that comics don't have to be a medium dominated by males. For nearly three decades, Berger has provided the editorial direction to some of the industry's most ...
Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation

In the stories and genealogies of exiles and politicians, abolitionists and diplomats, laborers and merchants--and mothers, fathers, and children--Smith recognizes the significance of nineteenth-century Haiti to regional development.
Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity, & Culture

Suddenly, we enter a period defined by Howard Rheingold (2002) as the age of Smart Mobs: networks employing sophisticated media to interact and respond with their environment in ways that surpass individual decision making, ...
Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity, & Culture

C1. Goot, D. (2003, February 11). A broadband hookup in every home. Wired News. Retrieved from http://www. wired.com/news /politics/0, 1283,57249,00.html Jackson, C.(2003). 2 Franchiseesherealreadyincyberspace.
Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman [2 volumes]: From Captain America to Wonder Woman

This book explores how the heroes and villains of popular comic books—and the creators of these icons of our culture—reflect the American experience out of which they sprang, and how they have achieved relevance by adapting to, and ...
Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods

Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics.
The Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture

Offers undergraduate students with an understanding of the comics medium and its communication potential. This book deals with comic books and graphic novels.
Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman

From Aargh! to Zap!: Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1991. Kurtzman, Harvey. Frontline Combat, Vol. 1. Timonium, MD: Gemstone Publishing, 2008. Kurtzman, Harvey.
More Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods

In Media and Cultural Studies: KeyWorks, edited by Meenakshi Gigi Durham and Douglas M. Kellner, 1–23. Second edition. ... May 1. https://slate.com/culture/2008/05/why-iron-man-is-like-steve-jobs.html Hogan, Jon. 2009.
The Jamaica Reader: History, Culture, Politics

Providing an unparalleled look at Jamaica's history, culture, and politics, this volume is an ideal companion for anyone interested in learning about this magnetic and dynamic nation.
Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti and Jamaica After Emancipation

Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation
Survivor Lessons: Essays on Communication and Reality Television

Survivor II: The Field Guide. New York: TV Books LLC. Burnett, M, and Dugard, M. (2000). Survivor: The Ultimate Game. New York: TV Books LLC. Callois, R. (¡979). Man, Play and Games. New York: Schocken Books. Carse, J. P. (¡986).
Red and Black in Haiti: Radicalism, Conflict, and Political Change, 1934-1957

In the first comprehensive political history of postoccupation Haiti, Matthew Smith argues that the period from 1934 until the rise of dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier to the presidency in 1957 constituted modern Haiti's greatest ...
Catholicism in Rhode Island: The Formative Era

Catholicism in Rhode Island: The Formative Era
Literature and Religious Experience: Beyond Belief and Unbelief

Ah, my dear angry Lord, since thou dost love yet strike, cast down, yet help afford, sure I will do the like. I will complain, yet praise. I will bewail, approve. And all my sour-sweet days I will lament and love. George Herbert again.
The Power of Comics and Graphic Novels: Culture, Form, and Context

The new edition includes: - A completely reworked introduction explores the comics community in the US and globally, its history, and the role of different communities in advancing the medium and its study - Chapters reframed to get ...
Literature and Religious Experience: Beyond Belief and Unbelief

... God hid, mute. It may not even have been good enough for the Job poet, who questions whether we live in a moral ... Meant to Interfere, 221–44. 47 49 girl dollies [i.e., children] into an Eden where, presumably, He Silence 189.
The Power of Comics and Graphic Novels: Culture, Form, and Context

... 2007. Fun Home : A Family Tragicomic . Boston : Mariner Books . Beerbohm , Robert Lee . 1997. E - mail to Comics ... Book : 1883-1938 : Further Concise History & Price Index of the Field as of 2008. ” In The Official Overstreet Comic ...
Icons of the American Comic Book [2 volumes]: From Captain America to Wonder Woman [2 volumes]

From Captain America to Wonder Woman [2 volumes] Randy Duncan, Matthew J. Smith. War II ( Sensation Comics # 6 , 1942 , 1 ) . She quickly assimilates to its values and becomes " America's guardian angel ” ( Sensation Comics # 12 , 1942 ...