Grove, L. (2010) Comics in French: the bande desinée. Series: Polygons: cultural diversities and intersections, 14. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781845455880
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Abstract
Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults 'who should know better', 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 dessinée [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’s really Zinedine Zidane.
| Item Type: | Books |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Grove, Professor Laurence |
| Authors: | Grove, L. |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| ISBN: | 9781845455880 |
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