History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels
by Mark McKinney
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With Essays by Baru, Bart Beaty, Ccile Vernier Danehy, Hugo Frey, Pascal Lefvre, Fabrice Leroy, Amanda Macdonald, Mark McKinney, Ann Miller, and Clare Tufts In Belgium, France, Switzerland, and other French-speaking countries, many well-known comics artists have focused their attention on historical and political events. In works ranging from comic books and graphic novels to newspaper strips, cartoonists have addressed such controversial topics as French and Belgian collaboration and show more resistance during World War II, European colonialism and U.S. imperialism, anti-Semitism in France, the integr show lessTags
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Mark McKinney is professor of French, Department of French and Italian, Miami University, Ohio.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Graphic Novels & Comics, History
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
- LCC
- PN6790 .E9 .H57 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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