Redrawing French empire in comics /
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 pro...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Columbus :
Ohio State University Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Studies in comics and cartoons.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814270233 0814270239 0814293212 9780814293218 |