a cultural record
Edición de la obra Comics and the world wars
| Autor | Jane Chapman |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015 |
| Lugar | New York, NY |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 217 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781137273710 |
| OCLC | 907183982 |
| LCCN | 2015012850 |
| Serie | Palgrave studies in the history of media |
| Número de Cutter | C466c |
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.