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Remembered reading : memory, comics and post-war constructions of British girlhood / Mel Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, Mel (Melanie), author.
- Series:
- Studies in European comics and graphic novels ; 3.
- Studies in European comics and graphic novels ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Girls--Great Britain--Comic books, strips, etc--History.
- Girls.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- A reader's history exploring girls' comics. Girls' comics were a major genre from the 1950s onwards in Britain and the most popular titles sold between 800,000 and a million copies a week. However, this genre was slowly replaced by magazines which now dominate publishing for girls. Remembered Reading is a readers' history which explores the genre, and memories of those comics, looking at how and why this rich history has been forgotten. The research is based around both analysis of what the titles contained and interviews with women about their childhood comic reading. In addition, it also looks at the other comic books that British girls engaged with, including humour comics and superhero titles. In doing so it looks at intersections of class, girlhood, and genre, and puts comic reading into historical, cultural, and educational context.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789462700307
- 9462700303
- OCLC:
- 907631478
- Publisher Number:
- 99970225648
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