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Pop Culture and Education

Integrating Pop Culture Into the Academic Library

Anthony Letizia -
Librarians from across the country explain the ways pop culture can be used in the library, from teaching how to conduct academic research to making pop culture part of a library’s collections.

Necessary Trouble Archives

Set Phasers to Teach

Teaching Public Administration with Pop Culture

Cosplay for Science Initiative

Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

Reacting to the Past

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

Anthony Letizia -
Thor alter-ego Donald Blake travels to the war-torn nation of San Diablo as a volunteer doctor to help the sick, similar to the tens-of-thousands of young Americans who joined the Peace Corps.

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Anthony Letizia -
In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned against overpopulation and dangers to the environment, issues also explored by Green Arrow and Green Lantern.

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Comic Books and the Real World

Superman and the New Deal

Anthony Letizia -
Superman was created during the Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, protecting the “forgotten man” not from supervillains but everyday criminals of the times.

Captain America and Spider-Man Walk the Freedom Trail

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Starfire: Apartheid No More

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

Ms. Marvel and Voting in America

Superman and the Securities Exchange Act

Heroes Against Hunger

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Popular culture often serves as a mirror into the past and present through narratives that reflect the real world. Remixing History intertwines these fictional stories with their factual counterparts, creating a hybrid history and better understanding of our times in the process.

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