Invisible presence : the representation of women in French-language comics / Catriona MacLeod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacLeod, Catriona, 1907-1995, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism.

Women in literature.

France.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Intellect, [2021]

Summary:

The most complete study of women in French-language comics to date - and the first published in English. Taking a two-pronged approach of historical and case-study analysis, and with a chronological span of over a century, it is the fullest examination thus far of female depiction in Francophone sequential art. 16 plates, 7 col. 9 b/w.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Women Problems

Section 1: Primary Women Characters

1. Bécassine to Barbarella ... But What Came in Between? An Introductory History of Female Primary Characters in the Francophone Bande Dessinée

2. Bécassine: The First Lady of Bande Dessinée?

3. Barbarella: Study of a Sex-Symbol

4. Solving the Mystery of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Section 2: Secondary Women Characters

5. Beyond Bonemine: An Introductory History of Female Secondary Characters in the Francophone Bande Dessinée

6. A Study of Stereotypes: The Secondary Female Characters of Astérix

7. Secondary Women in Urban Realism: La Vie de ma mère

8. Black Secondary Women in the Works of Warnauts and Raives: The Eroticization of Difference

9. Secondary Women in the BD New Wave: The Female Figures of Le Combat ordinaire

Section 3: Women Characters by Women Creators

10. The Women that Women Draw: An Introductory History of Female Characters Drawn by Women Artists in the Francophone Bande Dessinée

11. The Rise and Fall of Ah! Nana: France's First and Only All-Female illustré

12. Murdering the Male Gaze: Chantal Montellier's Odile et les crocodiles

13. Everyday Extremes: Aurélia Aurita's Fraise et chocolat

Conclusion: Problem Solved?

Figures

Notes

References

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Signed by author.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781789383911

1789383919

9781789383928

1789383927

OCLC:

1263024744