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Funny girls : guffaws, guts, and gender in classic American comics /

"For several generations, comics were regarded as a boy's club--created by, for, and about men and boys. In the twenty-first century, however, comics have seen a rise of female creators, characters, and readers. While this sudden presence of women and girls in comics is being regarded as n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abate, Michelle Ann, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "It's a bird! it's a plane! it's an elementary-aged girl!" : remembering a time in American comics when young female protagonists ruled
  • "Then I could have a real papa and mama like other kids" : Little Orphan Annie, the orphan girl formula, and the nanny state
  • "I slant my gags to the Lawrence Welk gum chewers? : Nancy and the vaudeville aesthetic
  • From battling adult authority to battling the opposite sex : Little Lulu as gag panel and comic book
  • In your dreams : Little Audrey, freudian psychoanalysis, and postwar child psychology
  • "From the top, stupid!" : the Li'l Tomboy comic book series, female juvenile delinquency, and the comics code.