Comics and the world wars
a cultural record
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Author
Contributions
- Hoyles, Anna, 1978- - Contributor
- Kerr, Andrew, 1986- - Contributor
- Sherif, Adam - Contributor
Publication
2015 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
54,250 words, Guess
Page Count
217 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781137273710
- ISBN-101137273712
- Library of Congress Control Number2015012850
- OCLC Control Number907183982
- Better World Books9781137273710
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL30394114M
Classifications
- DDC940.3/1
- LCCD523 .C455 2015
- LCCD1-DX301
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 works, this book demonstrates how these can be used for the study of both world wars. Representing the fruits of over five years team research, the authors reveal how sequential illustrated narratives used humour as a coping mechanism and a way to criticise authority, promoted certain forms of behaviour and discouraged others. Comics also served as a deliberately inclusive educational strategy for reading wartime content, and became a barometer for contemporary popular thinking.
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Series Statement
- Palgrave studies in the history of media
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