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.
@democrats.org asked @joshshapiropa.bsky.social for his dual allegiance card. The forever hyphenated American. #antisemitism on both sides.
January 19, 2026 at 7:46 PM
@democrats.org asked @joshshapiropa.bsky.social for his dual allegiance card. The forever hyphenated American. #antisemitism on both sides.
Adam Sandler's character in the new Netflix film Jay Kelly applauds his boss's good looks and "square-cut Superman jaw." The race science ideas of WASP masculinity and jaw shape projected by the superhero won't die.
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Adam Sandler's character in the new Netflix film Jay Kelly applauds his boss's good looks and "square-cut Superman jaw." The race science ideas of WASP masculinity and jaw shape projected by the superhero won't die.
Reposted by Andrew Fogel
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...