The content of our caricature : African American comic art and political belonging / Rebecca Wanzo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Postmillennial popPublication details: New York : New York University Press, 2020.Description: 245 p. : ill. (some color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781479840083
  • 1479840084
  • 9781479889587
  • 147988958X
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Contents:
"Impussanations," coons, and civic ideals : a black comics aesthetic -- The revolutionary body : Nat Turner, King, and frozen subjection -- Wearing hero-face : melancholic patriotism in truth : red, white, and black -- "The only thing unAmerican about me is the treatment I get!" : infantile citizenship and the situational grotesque -- Rape and race in the gutter : equal opportunity humor aesthetics and underground comix -- To caricature, with love : a Black Panther coda.
Summary: ""The Content of Our Caricature" is an in-depth exploration of African American comic art and its relationship to political belonging"-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Library Company of Philadelphia Graphic Arts Department Reading Room Print Room Ii4 A6135.O Available 312454
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""The Content of Our Caricature" is an in-depth exploration of African American comic art and its relationship to political belonging"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Impussanations," coons, and civic ideals : a black comics aesthetic -- The revolutionary body : Nat Turner, King, and frozen subjection -- Wearing hero-face : melancholic patriotism in truth : red, white, and black -- "The only thing unAmerican about me is the treatment I get!" : infantile citizenship and the situational grotesque -- Rape and race in the gutter : equal opportunity humor aesthetics and underground comix -- To caricature, with love : a Black Panther coda.

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