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Cartooning China: Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era

Cartooning China: Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era

Matthewson, Amy

Hardcover

Series: Global Perspectives in Comics Studies

ComicsFiction AnthologiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0367458225
ISBN13: 9780367458225
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Mar 18 2022
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores the series of cartoons of China and the Chinese that were published in the popular British satirical magazine Punch over a sixty-year period from 1841 to 1901.

Filled with political metaphors and racial stereotypes, these illustrations served as a powerful tool in both reflecting and shaping notions and attitudes towards China at a tumultuous time in Sino-British history. A close reading of both the visual and textual satires in Punch reveals how a section of British society visualised and negotiated with China as well as Britain's position in the global community. By contextualising Punch's cartoons within the broader frameworks of British socio-cultural and political discourse, the author engages in a critical enquiry of popular culture and its engagements with race, geopolitical propaganda, and public consciousness.

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