| Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Antiquity and Bandes Dessinées; Chapter Two: Did You Learn Your Strip?; Chapter Three: "Ils sont fous ces Gaulois!"; Chapter Four: Image and Text in Service of the Nation; Chapter Five: Who Is Diana Prince?; Chapter Six: Wonder Woman as Patriotic Icon; Chapter Seven: Comic Containment; Chapter Eight: Graphic/Narrative/History; Chapter Nine: SuperGay; Chapter Ten: The Man in the Gray Metal Suit; Chapter Eleven: Seen City; Chapter Twelve: The Zombie Apocalypse; Chapter Thirteen: Logicomix and the Enunciatory Apparatus; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This discursive volume covers a breadth of material from Ancient Rome to 9/11and its scope of historical insight and use of theory makes this a critical read for anyone studying popular culture. Its creative examination of women's rights, cultural mandates, and social movements through the pages of comics will engage the reader and scholar on a new level of complexity and uniqueness. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Influence on mass media.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Influence on mass media. |
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Comic books, strips, etc. |
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Comic books, strips, etc., in education.
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Comic books, strips, etc., in education. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Babic, Annessa Ann, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Comics as history, comics as literature 9781611475562 (DLC) 2013034608 (OCoLC)856054388 |
| ISBN |
9781611475579 (electronic book) |
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1611475570 (electronic book) |
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9781611475562 |
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1611475562 |
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