Andrew Fogel
@comicsscholar.bsky.social
Popular culture historian. My research and writing explores the power of the superhero fantasy over the American imagination for both kids and adults.
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Is Superman Jewish?
Marketplace expectations and cultural norms around race and the body in America explain why Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave Superman a specific identity.
Marketplace expectations and cultural norms around race and the body in America explain why Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave Superman a specific identity.
Is Superman Jewish? » PopMatters
Marketplace expectations and cultural norms around race and the body in America explain why Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave Superman a specific identity.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is Superman Jewish?
Marketplace expectations and cultural norms around race and the body in America explain why Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave Superman a specific identity.
Marketplace expectations and cultural norms around race and the body in America explain why Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave Superman a specific identity.
Reposted by Andrew Fogel
There's a new blog post in our Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not from Here:
"Stop Jewhooing Superman" by @comicsscholar.bsky.social
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"Stop Jewhooing Superman" by @comicsscholar.bsky.social
iehs.org/stop-jewhooi...
Stop Jewhooing Superman
James Gunn’s summer blockbuster Superman arrived in theaters July 11 to great fanfare. It stars the half-Jewish actor David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, an honorary tribe member for her role as …
iehs.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There's a new blog post in our Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not from Here:
"Stop Jewhooing Superman" by @comicsscholar.bsky.social
iehs.org/stop-jewhooi...
"Stop Jewhooing Superman" by @comicsscholar.bsky.social
iehs.org/stop-jewhooi...