Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics Paperback / softback

by Mark McKinney

Part of the Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels series

Paperback / softback

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"Artists such as Zeina Abirached, Baru and Boudjellal have been impressive in their efforts to decolonize French comics and set the record straight on migration, by telling stories about migrants and postcolonial minority groups from the inside, as it were.", Mark McKinneyProfound analysis of French comics through a postcolonial lens Postcolonialism and migration are major themes in contemporary French comics and have roots in the Algerian War (1954â€“62), antiracist struggle, and mass migration to France.

This volume studies comics from the end of the formal dismantling of French colonial empire in 1962 up to the present.

French cartoonists of ethnic-minority and immigrant heritage are a major focus, including Zeina Abirached (Lebanon), Yvan AlagbÃ© (Benin), Baru (Italy), Enki Bilal (former Yugoslavia), Farid Boudjellal (Algeria and Armenia), JosÃ© Jover (Spain), Larbi Mechkour (Algeria), and Roland Monpierre (Guadeloupe).

The author analyzes comics representing a gamut of perspectives on immigration and postcolonial ethnic minorities, ranging from staunch defense to violent rejection.

Individual chapters are dedicated to specific artists, artistic collectives, comics, or themes, including avant-gardism, undocumented migrants in comics, and racism in far-right comics.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Listen to an interview with Mark McKinney at New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/postcolonialism-and-migration-in-french-comics