Comics in French - The European Bande Dessinee in Context (Hardcover)

Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults who should know better, A in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the ninth art and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting, and cinema. The bande dessinee comic strip] has its own national institutions, regularly obtains front-page coverage, and has received the accolades of statesmen from De Gaulle onwards. On the way to providing a comprehensive introduction to the most francophone of cultural phenomena, this book will consider national specificity as relevant to an anglophone reader, whilst exploring related issues such as text/image expression, historical precedents, and sociological implication. To do so it will present and analyse priceless manuscripts, a Franco-American rodent, Nazi propaganda, a museum-piece urinal, intellectual gay porn and a prehistoric warrior who is really Zinedine Zidane.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections
Release date:	July 2010
Authors:	Laurence Grove
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-1-84545-588-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Comic book & cartoon art Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
LSN:	1-84545-588-6
Barcode:	9781845455880

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