moon ( La Face cachée du Z ), or addressing questions of national identity and racism ( Le Rayon noir ). However, there is also a relatively recent but distinct retro trend, with, to date, eleven contemporary works outside the classic series being set
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In European Comic Art
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2021
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- 13–33 (21 total)
A Not-so-Islamic Utopia
The Dialectic between Realism and Messianism among Young Muslims in Rome
Andrea Priori
understood as a ‘retro-utopia’ ( Bloul 2005 ), that is, an ideal society that simply reproduces a model that “was given and then gradually lost” ( Maïla 1987: 40 ). A second novel element is that in spite of a substantial body of literature on the Islamic
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 230–247 (18 total)
Anumpama Rao
Craig Jeffrey. Timepass: Youth, Class, and the Politics of Waiting. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2010. vii + 221 pages.
Manuela Ciotti. Retro-Modern: Forging the Low-Caste Self. London, New York, and New Delhi: Routledge, 2010. xvii + 292 pages.
René, Ginette, Louise et les autres
nostalgie et authenticité dans la chanson néo-réaliste
Barbara Lebrun
France's retro rock music (chanson néo-réaliste) of the 1990s and 2000s favors acoustic music and "old-fashioned" instruments such as the accordion in order to reject today's fascination with novelty and consumerism. In doing so, this music genre looks back to pre-war France and rehabilitates an all-white national culture that is problematically nostalgic, in a similar fashion to the film Amélie. This article explores the ways in which chanson néo-réaliste still manages to forge a sense of protest identity in contemporary France, while engaging in apparently reactionary tactics. The specificities of this music genre are explored through an analysis of the lyrics, music, iconography and performance of, primarily, the group Têtes Raides, while contrasting their nostalgia of "protest" with that of the more commercially successful genre of variétés.
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2009
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 47–62 (16 total)
Introduction
Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian Bande dessinée
Fransiska Louwagie and Simon Lambert
recent adventures also involve a new engagement with the Spirou universe itself. The author concludes that there is a tension between a nostalgic revisiting of the series, associated with retro albums in general, and the potential for a more moral or
Towards an Ecographics
Ecological Storylines in Bande Dessinée
Armelle Blin-Rolland
‘modern man’ across billions of years on the right-hand page and, on the left-hand page, accelerated retro-evolution to apes and to marine creatures in the space of a few months. 63 Another double-page sequence entitled ‘ Recette pour refaire du pétrole
In European Comic Art
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2022
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- Research Article
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- 107–131 (25 total)
Naughtiest Girls, Go Girls, and Glitterbombs
Exploding Schoolgirl Fictions
Lucinda McKnight
of the 1980s in my step-daughter’s edition is more androgynous and muted. The naughtiest girl of the centenary edition is retro, in a plaid dressing gown and beside a fancy gold centenary medallion. The 1980s edition contains apparently original
Close to You
Karen Carpenter and the Body-Martyr in Queer Memory
Julian Binder
ever-changing camp canon, especially as her anorexia became visible in late-career music videos like “Touch Me When We're Dancing” ( Nolan 1974 ; Retro Channel Anglo 2016 ). Time itself and the development of narratives around Karen's memory have
Loneliness and Love
The Potential of Human-AI Relations as Explored by Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema
Abby Lauren Kidd
this appreciation of retro artifacts would be the renaissance of the vinyl record in contemporary culture despite the availability of “more efficient and omnipresent digital alternatives” ( Thoren et al. 2019: 325 ). However, Schiermer also contends
The Self On-Screen
Pavel Pyś Reflects on The Body Electric
Pavel Pyś
corner? Time is a humbling force: yesterday's proposals for tomorrow risk becoming today's retro-futuristic relics. This article dives into selected works from The Body Electric , each charged with a constellation of concerns of particular relevance