Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics
Mark McKinney
Profound
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 (1954–62), anti-racist struggle, and mass migration to France. This
volume studies comics from the formal dismantling of the 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 Alagbé
(Benin), Baru (Italy), Enki Bilal (former Yugoslavia), Farid Boudjellal
(Algeria and Armenia), José Jover (Spain), Larbi Mechkour (Algeria), and Roland
Monpierre (Guadeloupe). The author analyses 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 an
anti-racist comic strip serialised in Charlie
Hebdo, undocumented migrants in comics, and racism in far-right comics.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Format: Monograph - paperback
Size: 230 × 170 mm
432 pages
ISBN: 9789462702417
Publication: November 23, 2020
Series: Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels 8
Languages: English