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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: "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
- Epilogue: From Li'l to big: the legacy of classic American comics starring girls.