Li'l Abner: A Study in American Satire (Studies in Popular Culture)
by: Berger, Arthur Asa

Softcover. Jackson MS, University Press of Mississippi, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 191 pages. From 1936 to 1977, when it ceased publication, this comic strip entertained, annoyed, riled, and amused legions of readers. Li?l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Moonbeam McSwine, Marryin? Sam, and Sadie Hawkins became pillars in American popular culture, and Dogpatch became a symbol, an emblem, and a community in mainstream U.S.A.The denizens of Dogpatch were destined for their place outside the frames of comic strips. Clean copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap.