Drawing France : French comics and the Republic /

In France, Belgium, and other Francophone countries, comic strips--called bande dessinee or "BD" in French--have long been considered a major art form capable of addressing a host of contemporary issues. Among French-speaking intelligentsia, graphic narratives were deemed worthy of canoniz...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vessels, Joel E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2010.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > France > History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc. > Belgium > History and criticism.
HUMOR > Form > Comic Strips & Cartoons.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Comics & Graphic Novels.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Belgium
France
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Stirring up passions: politics, bande dessinée, and images in the nineteenth century and the late Third Republic
  • What your children are reading: bande dessinée, Catholics, and communists
  • Notre grand-papa Pétain: the national revolution and bande dessinée in Vichy
  • Vive la France! now who are we?: reconstruction, identity, and the 16 July law
  • The commission at work: saying "non" to microcephalic Hercules and determining what makes for a good French BD
  • Culture becomes policy: bande dessinée as monumental architecture.

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