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Author McKinney, Mark, 1961-

Title Redrawing French empire in comics / Mark McKinney
Published Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (304 pages)
Series Studies in comics and cartoons
Studies in comics and cartoons.
Contents Redrawing French empire in comics : An introduction -- Redrawing colonial Algeria -- The fall of French Indochina -- The Algerian war and its aftermath -- The voyage out and the voyage in
Summary This book investigates how comics have represented the colonization and liberation of Algeria and Indochina. It focuses on the conquest and colonization of Algeria (from 1830), the French war in Indochina (1946-1954), and the Algerian War (1954-1962). Imperialism and colonialism already featured prominently in nineteenth-century French-language comics and cartoons by Töpffer, Cham, and Petit. As society has evolved, so has the popular representation of those historical forces. French torture of Algerians during the Algerian War, once taboo, now features prominently in comics, especially since 2000, when debate on the subject was reignited in the media and the courts. The increasingly explicit and spectacular treatment in comics of the more violent and lurid aspects of colonial history and ideology is partly due to the post-1968 growth of an adult comics production and market. This book shows how contemporary cartoonists such as Alagbé, Baloup, Boudjellal, Ferrandez, and Sfar have staked out different, sometimes conflicting, positions on French colonial history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Imperialism in popular culture -- France
Comic books, strips, etc. -- France -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Comic books, strips, etc.
French colonies.
Imperialism in popular culture.
Literature.
SUBJECT Indochina -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065717
Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003460
France -- Colonies -- History
France -- Colonies -- In literature
Subject Algeria.
France.
Indochina.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814270233
0814270239
0814293212
9780814293218