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Labarre, Nicolas. "“How ‘ya gonna keep’em down at the farm now that they’ve seen Paree?”: France in Super Hero Comics." Transatlantica 1 2010. Accessed 4Nov. 2010. <http://transatlantica.revues.org/4943>. Added by: joachim (11/4/10, 1:46 AM) |
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| Resource type: Web Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed BibTeX citation key: Labarre2010 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Justice League", France, Geography, Imagology, Space, Superhero, USA Creators: Labarre Collection: Transatlantica |
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| Attachments | URLs http://transatlantica.revues.org/4943 |
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Any extensive reading of super hero comics will reveal that the representation of France within the genre borrows mostly from touristic clichés, using the country as a foreign, exotic yet not too disorientating setting. Narrative economy and gradual refinements have led to the creation of a codified, consensual and unrealistic depiction of France, centered mostly on Paris and the Eiffel Tower. However, this efficient codification is not value-free. A study of Justice League Europe, a rare example of super-hero series set in France over a long period reveals that France is consistently depicted as a place of history, while being denied a contemporary significance. The country appears as a fascinating but subordinate neighbor, and this evaluation can in turn be found, albeit in a more elliptic way, in numerous series portraying France only in short episodes. The self-consciousness of modern super hero comics, however, suggests that the notion of representation should be handled with care. The depiction of France in super-hero comics originates in part in the perception of the country in the United States, but it also derives in a significant way from the internal evolutions of the genre.
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