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Book/Printed Material Typical girls : the rhetoric of womanhood in comic strips

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Title

  • Typical girls : the rhetoric of womanhood in comic strips

Summary

  • "Drawing from the work of Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Nicole Hollander (Sylvia), Lynda Barry (Ernie Pook's Comeek), Barbara Brandon-Croft (Where I'm Coming From), Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For), and Jan Eliot (Stone Soup), Typical Girls examines the development of womanhood and women's rights in popular comic strips"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Kirtley, Susan E., 1972- author

Created / Published

  • Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2021]
  • ©2021

Contents

  • Introduction: The Women's Liberation Movement in comic strips -- Crocodilites and Cathy: the worst of both worlds -- Visualizing motherhood in the comic frame: For better or for worse -- Punk rock girl: constituting community in Barry's Girls and boys -- Nicole Hollander's Sylvia: Menippean satire in the mainstream -- "The lesbian rule" in Alison Bechdel's Dykes to watch out for -- Establishing community through dis/association in Barbara Brandon-Croft's Where I'm coming from -- Something from nothing: the inductive argument of Stone soup.

Headings

  • -  Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism
  • -  Comic strip characters--Women
  • -  Women in literature
  • -  Women's rights in literature

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xiv, 259 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PN6714

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020717975

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Kirtley, Susan E., Author. Typical Girls: The Rhetoric of Womanhood in Comic Strips. [Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, ©, 2021] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020717975/.

APA citation style:

Kirtley, S. E. (2021) Typical Girls: The Rhetoric of Womanhood in Comic Strips. [Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020717975/.

MLA citation style:

Kirtley, Susan E., Author. Typical Girls: The Rhetoric of Womanhood in Comic Strips. [Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, ©, 2021] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020717975/>.