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Truth, Justice, and the American Crop: Smallville, Corn, and the Creation of the Ultimate American Myth

Shipley, Haley
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5922-1244
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1670441844265102

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2023, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Popular Culture.
Smallville uses both the mythos of Superman, the character of Clark, and the character of corn to explore what it means to become a hero, what values and ideals become a part of that journey, and how location and culture are integral to it all. By exploring themes of Indigeneity, whiteness, masculinity, ruralness, and American identity, I argue that the stories of both corn and Clark Kent are not only significant in terms of American myth, but in how American popular culture is shaped by and shaped into something as seemingly inconsequential as an ear of corn.
Jeffrey Brown, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Jeremy Wallach, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
102 p.
American Studies
Smallville; Superman; Corn; Agriculture; Rural; Masculinity; Indigeneity; Whiteness; America

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  • Shipley, H. (2023). Truth, Justice, and the American Crop: Smallville, Corn, and the Creation of the Ultimate American Myth [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1670441844265102

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shipley, Haley. Truth, Justice, and the American Crop: Smallville, Corn, and the Creation of the Ultimate American Myth. 2023. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1670441844265102.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shipley, Haley. "Truth, Justice, and the American Crop: Smallville, Corn, and the Creation of the Ultimate American Myth." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1670441844265102

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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