Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics

"Artists
such as Zeina Abirached, Baru and Boudjellal have been impressive in their
efforts to decolonize French comics and set the record straight on migration,
by telling stories about migrants and postcolonial minority groups from the
inside, as it were.", Mark McKinney

Profound
analysis of French comics through a postcolonial lens

Postcolonialism and
migration are major themes in contemporary French comics and have roots in the
Algerian War (1954-62), antiracist struggle, and mass migration to France. This
volume studies comics from the end of the formal dismantling of 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 Alagbé
(Benin), Baru (Italy), Enki Bilal (former Yugoslavia), Farid Boudjellal
(Algeria and Armenia), José Jover (Spain), Larbi Mechkour (Algeria), and Roland
Monpierre (Guadeloupe). The author analyzes comics representing a gamut of
perspectives on immigration and postcolonial ethnic minorities, ranging from
staunch defense to violent rejection. Individual chapters are dedicated to
specific artists, artistic collectives, comics, or themes, including avant-gardism, undocumented migrants in comics, and racism in far-right comics.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Listen to an interview with Mark McKinney at New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/postcolonialism-and-migration-in-french-comics