Remembered Reading: Memory, Comics and Post-War Constructions of British Girlhood

by Mel Gibson

Girls' comics were a major genre from the 1950s onward in Britain and the most popular titles sold between 800,000 and a million copies a week. However, this genre was slowly replaced by magazines, which now dominate publishing for girls. Remembered Reading is a readers' history that explores the genre, and memories of those comics, looking at how and why this rich history has been forgotten. Mel Gibson analyzes the comics' contents and interviews...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462700303
• ISBN13: 9789462700307
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher