Peanuts and American Culture

Peter W.Y. Lee has written many articles on film and comic books. He lives in Simi Valley, California.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Not a Peanut Gallery“Good grief, I thought it was the fallout”: Charlie Brown and the Long ’50s (Cliff Starkey)Two Different Worlds: Adults, Children and Their Relationship (Olaf Meuther) Listening to Charlie Brown: Musicians and Music Making as Cold War Era Critique (Tom Zlabinger)To Hell with Franklin: Spilling Ink on the Color Line (Peter W.Y. Lee)Be a Good Spaceman, Charlie Brown: Charles M. Schulz and the Space Race (Peter W.Y. Lee)Little Girls with Big Voices: How Charles Schulz’s Girl Characters Challenge the Patriarchy in Which They Are Trapped (Erin C. Callahan)“The Doctor Is IN”: Gender, Space and Power in Lucy’s Psychiatric Booth (Catherine W. Zipf)No Room for Normality: Shermy and Postwar Childhood (Peter W.Y. Lee)Cold War Snoopy, or, Do Beagles Dream of Electric Bunnies? (Jessica K. Brandt)About the ContributorsIndex

“Peter W.Y. Lee...has assembled a diverse field of researchers...thorough...the collection fulfills its title’s promise of examining social themes in Schulz’ work...fascinating...makes a valuable contribution to the study of Charles M. Schulz and his works. It is indispensable to any scholar seriously studying Schulz and his beloved comic strip.”—Children’s Literature Association.