TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacLeod,Catriona
TI  - Invisible Presence: The Representation of Women in French-Language Comics
SN  - 9781789383928
AV  - PN6745 .M335 2021 
U1  - 741.5/944 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Bristol
PB  - Intellect, Limited
KW  - Criticism
KW  - Women in literature
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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