Fredric Wertham

Fredrik Vertham (engl. Fredric Wertham, nem. Friedrich Wertheimer; Minhen, 20. mart 1895 — Kempton, 18. novembar 1981) je bio nemačko-američki psihijatar jevrejskog porekla[1] i borac protiv onogo što je smatrao za štetne posledice nasilnih slika u medijima i stripovima na razvoj dece.[2] Njegova najpoznatija knjiga je „Zavođenje nevinih“ (1954), što je dovelo do istrage američkog Kongresa o izdavačima stripova i stvaranja Kodeksa o stripovima. Nazivao je televiziju „školom za nasilje“ i govorio je: „ako bi trebalo da sretnem neobuzdanog mladića u tamnoj uličici, želeo bih da to bude onaj koji nije gledao „Boni i Klajda“.“[3]

Izvori

  1. ↑ "Jews and American Comics from Another Angle" Arhivirano 2011-07-08 na Wayback Machine-u, Pristupljeno 29. 4. 2013.
  2. ↑ Webster, Bayard (1. 12. 1981.). „Fredric Wertham, 86, Dies. Foe of Violent TV and Comics”. New York Times. Pristupljeno 29. 3. 2010. »Dr. Fredric Wertham, an internationally known psychiatrist who believed that comic books, movies and television shows that featured crime, violence and horror exerted a damaging influence on many juveniles and young adults, died November 18 at his retirement home in Kempton, Pennsylvania. He was 86 years old.« 
  3. ↑ „Death Revealed”. Time magazine. 14. 12. 1981.. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2010-10-15. Pristupljeno 29. 3. 2010. »Fredric Wertham, 86, author and psychiatrist who crusaded against violence in comic books, movies and television; on Nov. 18; in Kempton, Pa. Wertham, a Munich-born authority on criminal psychology, argued that violence is a product of cultural influences.« 

Vanjske veze

  • Fredric Wertham – on Lambiek Comiclopedia
  • Fredric Wertham – Anti-Comics Crusader Who Turned Advocate – condensed online version of Dwight Decker three part series listed above
  • The End of Seduction – lengthy history of Wertham and censorship of comics
  • Comics Reporter: "Let's You and Him Fight" Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 – Bart Beaty and Craig Fischer discuss Beaty's "Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture"
  • No Evil Shall Escape My Sight: Frederic Wertham and the Anti-Comics Crusade – lecture by Dr. Chris Bishop, Australian National University, at The Library of Congress
  • Wertham Collection: Publications primarily related to psychology at the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress