Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics

by Mark McKinney

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 Alagb (Benin), Baru (Italy), Enki Bilal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462702411
• ISBN13: 9789462702417
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher