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Comics and the World Wars: A Cultural Record

By Jane L. Chapman , Anna Hoyles , Andrew Kerr , Adam Sherif

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
1137273712, 9781137273710
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2085777 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
Edition
1
Pages
240\232
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-01-03 16:40:17
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Description

Comics and the World Wars argues for the use of comics as a primary source by offering a highly original argument that such examples produced during the World Wars act as a cultural record. Recuperating currently unknown or neglected strips, this work demonstrates how these can be used for the study of both world wars. Representing the fruits of over five years team research, this book reveals how sequential illustrated narratives used humour as a coping mechanism and a way to criticise authority, promoted certain forms of behaviour and discouraged others, represented a deliberately inclusive educational strategy for reading wartime content, and became a barometer for contemporary popular thinking.

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