Reading bande dessinée [[electronic resource] ] : critical approaches to French-language comic strip / / by Ann Miller

• Autore: Miller Ann
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, IL., : Intellect Ltd, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism; Popular culture - France
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: The History of bande dessinée; From the Nineteenth Century to the 1960's: bande dessinée Becomes a Children's Medium, and then Starts to Grow Up; The 1970's: Expansion and Experimentation; The 1980's: Recuperation by the Mainstream; From the 1990's to the Twenty-First Century: The Return of the Independent Sector; Part 2: Analytical Frameworks; The Codes and Formal Resources of bande dessinée; Narrative Theory and bande dessinée; Bande dessinée as Postmodernist Art Form ; Part 3: A Cultural Studies Approach to bande dessinée National Identity; Postcolonial Identities; Social Class and Masculinity; Part 4: Bande dessinée and subjectivity; Psychoanalytic Approaches to Tintin; Autobiography and Diary Writing in bande dessinée; Gender and Autobiography; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The increasing popularity of bande dessinee, or French-language comic strip, means that it is being established on university syllabuses worldwide. Reading Bande Dessinee provides a thorough introduction to the medium and in-depth critical analysis with focus on contemporary examples of the art form, historical context, key artists, and themes such as gender, autobiography and postcolonial culture. Miller's groundbreaking book demonstrates exactly why bande dessinee is considered to be a visual narrative art form and encourages the reader to appreciate and understand it to the best of their
• Titolo autorizzato: Reading bande dessinée
• ISBN: 1-281-18743-7; 9786611187439; 1-84150-996-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450580903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II