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Abstract
In a world increasingly dominated by visual sensation, our understanding of the role and influence of comics and cartoon humour in popular culture has become essential. This book offers a critical and cognitive focus that captures the changing fortunes of Catalan humour production against the shifting political landscape in the period 1898–1982. It considers how Catalan satire has been influenced by periods of relative calm as well as censorship, violence, war and dictatorship, and among its key features is its presentation of a continued cartooning tradition that was not ended by the installation of the Franco dictatorship, but which rather continued in a number of adapted forms, playing its own role in the evolution of the period. Thus, as well as introducing the most representative cartoonists and publications, the Catalan example is used to explore broader aspects of this complex communication form, opening new avenues for cultural, historical and socio-political research.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | v | ||
| Series Editors’ Foreword | vii | ||
| List of Illustrations | ix | ||
| List of Abbreviations | xiii | ||
| Acknowledgements | xv | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| 1 The Golden Age of Catalan Political Cartoons (1898–1931) | 21 | ||
| 2 Catalan Cartoon Humour and ‘Otherness’ in the Second Republic and Civil War (1931–1939) | 71 | ||
| 3 Humour under Franco, Part I: Continuing a Tradition (1939–1962) | 120 | ||
| 4 Humour under Franco, Part II: From Fraga to Freedom(?) (1962–1975) | 167 | ||
| 5 Humour and the Transition to Democracy (1975–1982) | 204 | ||
| Conclusion | 245 | ||
| Bibliography | 250 | ||
| Index | 263 |