Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics PDF

by McKinney Mark McKinney

Part of the Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels series

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"Artistssuch as Zeina Abirached, Baru and Boudjellal have been impressive in theirefforts to decolonize French comics and set the record straight on migration,by telling stories about migrants and postcolonial minority groups from theinside, as it were.", Mark McKinney

Profoundanalysis of French comics through a postcolonial lens
Postcolonialism andmigration are major themes in contemporary French comics and have roots in theAlgerian War (1954â€“62), antiracist struggle, and mass migration to France. Thisvolume studies comics from the end of the formal dismantling of French colonial empirein 1962 up to the present. French cartoonists of ethnic-minority and immigrantheritage 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 RolandMonpierre (Guadeloupe). The author analyzes comics representing a gamut ofperspectives on immigration and postcolonial ethnic minorities, ranging fromstaunch defense to violent rejection. Individual chapters are dedicated tospecific artists, artistic collectives, comics, or themes, including avant-gardism, undocumented migrants in comics, and racism in far-right comics.

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Listen to an interview with Mark McKinney at New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/postcolonialism-and-migration-in-french-comics