The content of our caricature : African American comic art and political belonging / Rebecca Wanzo.
Material type:
TextSeries: Postmillennial popPublication details: New York : New York University Press, 2020.Description: 245 p. : ill. (some color) ; 26 cmISBN: - 9781479840083
- 1479840084
- 9781479889587
- 147988958X
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Library Company of Philadelphia Graphic Arts Department Reading Room | Print Room Ii4 A6135.O | Available | 312454 |
""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.