A Study of the Contemporary American Hero and His Value as They Appear in Fiction, Popular Culture, Film, and the Mass Media

FAIN: FT-11818-73

Raymond M. Olderman
University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)

To undertake an interdisciplinary study of the post World War II American hero as he is conveyed to us through "serious" fiction, popular fiction, popular culture, film and mass media, and as he represents either a coherent or a contradictory set of human values.