Sketches from an unquiet country : Canadian graphic satire, 1840-1940 /

Canadian readers have enjoyed their own graphic satire since colonial times and Canadian artists have thrived as they took aim at the central issues and figures of their age. Graphic satire, a combination of humorous drawing and text that usually involves caricature, is a way of taking an ethical st...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hardy, Dominic (Editor), Gérin, Annie, 1969- (Editor), Carney, Lora Senechal (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
Series:	McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.
Subjects:	Editorial cartoons > Canada > History > 19th century. Editorial cartoons > Canada > History > 20th century. Satire in art. Caricatures and cartoons > Canada > History > 19th century. Caricatures and cartoons > Canada > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Dominic Hardy
Frankenstein's story: graphic satire in 1840s Montreal from Le Charivari canadien to Punch in Canada / Dominic Hardy
Uncle Sam, a not-so-distant cousin: Canadian contributions to the genesis of a US allegorical figure / Christian Vachon
Reading allegorical "Miss Canada" in graphic satire / Robyn Fowler
Clubs, axes, and umbrellas: the Woman Suffrage Movement as seen by Montreal cartoonists (1910-1914) / Pierre Chemartin and Louis Pelletier
Crossing the line: Canadian satire of the "pretty girl" North and South of the 49th parallel / Jaleen Grove
Anti-Semitic caricature in 1930s Montreal: language and national stereotypes in Adrien Arcand's Le goglu (1929-1933) / Josée Desforges
New Frontier (1936-1937) and the Antifascist press in Canada / Lora Senechal Carney
Albéric Bourgeois... a.k.a. Baptiste Ladébauche / Laurier Lacroix
Epilogue: humour, wit, and satire in Canada / Annie Gérin.