Black Icons of Colonialism
African Characters in French Children's Comic Strip Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2951774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerard G Pigeon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-159 |
| Publication date | 1996-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504630.2019.12062303 |
| OpenAlex | W2064238390, W4237713853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Created as an educational supplement, as the French monarchy declined, French children's literature quickly put itself at the service of the nation's dominant colonial policy. If the fabrication of icons of African inferiority amused their primary readership, their systematic recurrence subbliminally infiltrated the minds of the malleable young public and helped to propogate the political designs of colonial France. Starting with a demonstration of the vicious systemization of the 'grammar' of colonial ideology, I examine the ambiguity found in the European construction of the few existing black characters. I expose their inherent inner-contradictions and the problems caused by the inscription of the subjugated 'other' in an all-encompassing hegemonic system
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Archaeology · Art · Audience measurement · Colonialism · Comic strip · Comics · Grammar · Hegemony · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Monarchy · Multiculturalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Gender Studies · History · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |