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Author(s): Susan E. Kirtley
ISBN(s): 9780814214572, 0814214576
Edition: 1
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Year: 2021
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0814214576 
ISBN 13: 9780814214572
Author: Susan E Kirtley

In the years following 1975, a group of female-created comic strips came to national attention in a traditionally male-dominated medium. Typical Girls: The Rhetoric of Womanhood in Comic Strips uncovers the understudied and developing history of these strips, defining and exploring the ramifications of this expression of women’s roles at a time of great change in history and in comic art. This impressive, engaging, and timely study illustrates how these comics express the complexities of women’s experiences, especially as such experiences were shaped by shifting and often competing notions of womanhood and feminism. Including the comics 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 is an important history of the representation of womanhood and women’s rights in popular comic strips.

Typical Girls The Rhetoric of Womanhood in Comic Strips 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Theoretical Lenses and Historical Contexts

  • Chapter 1: Reading Comics Rhetorically: Visual Argument and Narrative

    • Theories of Visual Rhetoric

    • Comics as Sequential Art and Argument

    • Interplay of Image and Text in Conveying Meaning

    • Genre and Narrative Conventions in Comic Strips

  • Chapter 2: Constructing Femininity: A Historical Overview of Womanhood in America

    • Changing Ideals of Womanhood (e.g., Victorian Womanhood, New Woman, Flapper, Domestic Ideal)

    • Women’s Roles in Public and Private Spheres

    • Influence of Social Movements (Suffrage, Feminism) on Gender Representation

  • Chapter 3: Early Strips, Early Glimpses: The Proto-Typical Girls

    • Analyzing Early Representations of Women (e.g., in The Yellow Kid, Katzenjammer Kids)

    • The Emergence of Female Protagonists or Significant Supporting Characters

    • Initial Stereotypes and Their Cultural Roots

Part II: The Golden Age and Mid-Century Ideals

  • Chapter 4: The Flapper, the Working Girl, and the Modern Woman (1920s-1940s)

    • Blondie and the Domestic Turn: Negotiating Independence and Homemaking

    • Tillie the Toiler and the Office Worker: Asserting Presence in Public Spaces

    • Other Representations of Women Adapting to Modernity

  • Chapter 5: Post-War Homemaker and the Suburban Dream (1950s-1960s)

    • Hi and Lois and The Family Circus: Reinforcing Traditional Family Structures

    • The Idealized Mother, Wife, and Daughter Figures

    • Subtle Critiques or Subversions within the Domestic Sphere

  • Chapter 6: Navigating Childhood and Adolescence: Girls on the Page

    • Little Orphan Annie and Child Protagonists

    • Peanuts‘ Lucy van Pelt: Assertiveness, Authority, and Childhood Psychology

    • The Challenges and Ambiguities of Girlhood in Comics

Part III: Feminism, Fragmentation, and Contemporary Re-Imaginings

  • Chapter 7: The Feminist Wave and the Emergence of New Voices (1970s-1980s)

    • Cathy: The Anxieties of the Modern Working Woman

    • Doonesbury‘s Exploration of Women’s Issues and Relationships

    • Breaking Down or Adapting Traditional Tropes

  • Chapter 8: Satire, Subversion, and the Everyday Woman (1990s-2000s)

    • Zits and the Teenager’s Perspective

    • Mutts and the Compassionate Gaze on Humanity (including female characters)

    • Pearls Before Swine and Other Contemporary Strips: Post-Feminist or Continuously Evolving?

  • Chapter 9: The Rhetoric of Humor: Laughter, Critique, and Social Commentary

    • How Humor Functions to Reinforce or Challenge Gender Norms

    • The Use of Irony, Sarcasm, and Exaggeration

    • Comics as a Site for Social Critique and Dialogue on Gender

  • Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of “Typical Girls” and the Future of Womanhood in Comics

    • Recapitulation of Key Arguments

    • The Evolving Nature of the “Typical Girl” in Comic Strips

    • Implications for Media Studies, Gender Studies, and Popular Culture

    • Future Directions for Research

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