Women's Activism and Globalization

Linking Local Struggles and Transnational Politics

Author: Nancy A. Naples
Secondary Author: Manisha Desai
ISBN: 9780415931458

In a society where a comic equates with knockabout amusment for children, the sudden pre-eminence of adult comics, on everything from political satire to erotic fantasy, has predictably attracted an enormous amount of attention.Adult comics are part of the cultural landscape in a way that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. In this first survey of its kind, Roger Sabin traces the history of comics for older readers from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. He takes in the pioneering titles pre-First World War, the underground 'comix' of the 1960s and 1970s, 'fandom' in the 1970s and 1980s, and the boom of the 1980s and 1990s (including 'graphic novels' and Viz.). Covering comics from the United States, Europe and Japan, Adult Comics addresses such issues as the graphic novel in context, cultural overspill and the role of women.By taking a broad sweep, Sabin demonstrates that the widely-held notion that comics 'grew up' in the late 1980s is a mistaken one, largely in

Publisher: Psychology Press
Publish Date: 2002

Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / General, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / Gender Studies

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