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Sketches from an unquiet country : Canadian graphic satire, 1840-1940 /

"Canadian readers have enjoyed their own graphic satire since colonial times and Canadian artists have thrived as they took aim at the central issues and figures of their age. Graphic satire, a combination of humorous drawing and text that usually involves caricature, is a way of taking an ethi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carney, Lora Senechal (Editor ), Gérin, Annie, 1969- (Editor ), Hardy, Dominic (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018.
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; SKETCHES FROM AN UNQUIET COUNTRY; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Frankenstein's Tory: Graphic Satire in 1840s Montreal, from Le Charivari canadien to Punch in Canada; Chapter Three Uncle Sam, a Not-So-Distant Cousin: Canadian Contributions to the Genesis of a US Allegorical Figure; Chapter Four Reading Allegorical "Miss Canada" in Graphic Satire; Chapter Five Clubs, Axes, and Umbrellas: The Woman Suffrage Movement as Seen by Montreal Cartoonists (1910-1914).
  • Chapter Six Crossing the Line: Canadian Satire of the "Pretty Girl" North and South of the 49th ParallelChapter Seven Anti-Semitic Caricature in 1930s Montreal: Language and National Stereotypes in Adrien Arcand's Le Goglu (1929-1933); Chapter Eight New Frontier (1936-1937) and the Antifascist Press in Canada; Chapter Nine Albéric Bourgeois ... a.k.a. Baptiste Ladébauche; Chapter Ten Epilogue: Humour, Wit, and Satire in Canada; Contributors; Index.