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UNINA9910959703403321 |
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Autore |
Vessels Joel E |
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Titolo |
Drawing France : French comics and the Republic / / Joel E. Vessels |
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Jackson, [Miss.], : University Press of Mississippi, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-62103-278-7 |
1-282-57935-5 |
9786612579356 |
1-60473-445-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Comic books, strips, etc - France - History and criticism |
Comic books, strips, etc - Belgium - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Force to Beckon With; Chapter One. Stirring up Passions: Politics, Bande Dessinée, and Images in the Nineteenth Century and the Late Third Republic; Chapter Two. What Your Children Are Reading: Bande Dessinée, Catholics, and Communists; Chapter Three. Notre Grand-Papa Pétain: The National Revolution and Bande Dessinée in Vichy; Chapter Four. Vive la France! Now Who Are We?: Reconstruction, Identity, and the 16 July Law |
Chapter Five. The Commission at Work: Saying "Non" to Microcephalic Hercules and Determining What Makes for a Good French BDChapter Six. Culture Becomes Policy: Bande Dessinée as Monumental Architecture; Epilogue: A Sous-Produit Littéraire No Longer; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Francophone countries comic strips - bande dessin�ee 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 canonisation and critical study decades before the academy and the press in the US embraced comics. The place that BD holds today, however, belies the contentious political route the art form has travelled. This book |
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