roles of the comic book in scholarship, society, and entertainment /
edited by Annessa Ann Babic.
Madison :
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,
2014.
1 online resource (x, 262 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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.
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