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Rößig, Lara. "“Go West, Young Duck”—Renegotiating the Myth of the American Frontier in a Scrooge McDuck Comic Book." Amerikastudien 70. (2025): 171–95. Added by: joachim (27/07/2026, 16:40) Last edited by: joachim (27/07/2026, 16:40) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published DOI: 10.33675/AMST/2025/2/7 BibTeX citation key: Rossig2025 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Disney comics, Identity, Myth, Rosa. Don, USA, Western Creators: Rößig Collection: Amerikastudien |
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Billionaire, Scotsman, immigrant, cowboy: Scrooge McDuck is all this and more, as Don Rosa’s comic book "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" reveals. In this paper, close readings of the comic that chronicles the adventures of Donald Duck’s rich and eccentric uncle visibly render the importance of the frontier myth for both the protagonist and the volume’s audience. The myth is central to the understanding of self and nation for the American people and fascinates non-Americans to this day. Rosa expands the American West beyond its historical and geographical boundaries and creates an opportunity for readers to identify as protagonists of the Wild West narrative and play cowboy / girl. In doing so, Rosa subjects the nostalgically charged leitmotifs in the comic to a subtle, comical commentary that allows for a contemporary update, bearing in mind the socioeconomic realities in the United States and beyond while simultaneously reaffirming the key characteristics of the myth. Looking at the American original and the German translation, this paper will establish the unique role of comics as a medium for the transfer of myth in general and the role of the American frontier for identity formation in a transatlantic context in particular.
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