LEADER 03437nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910458220403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62103-278-7 010 $a1-282-57935-5 010 $a9786612579356 010 $a1-60473-445-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011622 035 $a(EBL)538045 035 $a(OCoLC)642205568 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416183 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291195 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416183 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10421540 035 $a(PQKB)10710489 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419692 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11262234 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419692 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385370 035 $a(PQKB)11113098 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC538045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL538045 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10393299 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL257935 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011622 100 $a20091002d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDrawing France$b[electronic resource] $eFrench comics and the republic /$fJoel E. Vessels 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60473-444-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Force to Beckon With; Chapter One. Stirring up Passions: Politics, Bande Dessine?e, and Images in the Nineteenth Century and the Late Third Republic; Chapter Two. What Your Children Are Reading: Bande Dessine?e, Catholics, and Communists; Chapter Three. Notre Grand-Papa Pe?tain: The National Revolution and Bande Dessine?e in Vichy; Chapter Four. Vive la France! Now Who Are We?: Reconstruction, Identity, and the 16 July Law 327 $aChapter Five. The Commission at Work: Saying "Non" to Microcephalic Hercules and Determining What Makes for a Good French BDChapter Six. Culture Becomes Policy: Bande Dessine?e as Monumental Architecture; Epilogue: A Sous-Produit Litte?raire No Longer; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn 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 canonization and critical study decades before the academy and the press in the United States embraced comics. The place that BD holds today, however, belies the contentious political route the art form has traveled. In Drawing France: French Comics and the Republic , author Joel E. Vessels examines the trek of 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$zFrance$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$zBelgium$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a741.5/6944 700 $aVessels$b Joel E$01036115 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458220403321 996 $aDrawing France$92456258 997 $aUNINA