Studies in Gender History

Boyd, K.

In this pioneering work about the precursor to the comic book, Kelly Boyd traces the evolution of the boys' story paper and its impact on the imaginative world of working-class readers. From the penny dreadful and the Boy's Own Paper to the tales of Billy Bunter and Sexton Blake, this cultural form shaped ideas about gender, race, class and empire in response to social change. This study is an important analysis of a neglected part of popular culture.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-11-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333641729

DOI: 10.1057/9780230597181

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 274