{"product_id":"ninth-art-bande-dessine-books-sylvain-lesage-9783031170003","title":"Ninth Art. Bande Dessinée, Books and the Gentrification of Mass Culture, 1964-1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn France, comics are commonly referred to as the \"ninth art\". What does it mean to see comics as art? This book looks at the singular status of comics in the French cultural landscape. \u003ci\u003eBandes dessinées\u003c\/i\u003e have long been published in French newspapers and magazines. In the early 1960s, a new standard format emerged: large hardback books, called albums. Albums played a key role in the emergence of the ninth art and its acceptance among other forms of literary narrative. From \u003ci\u003eBarbarella\u003c\/i\u003e in 1964 to \u003ci\u003eLa Ballade de la mer salée\u003c\/i\u003e in 1975, from \u003ci\u003eAstérix \u003c\/i\u003eand its million copies to \u003ci\u003eTintin \u003c\/i\u003eand its screen versions, within the space of just a few years the comics landscape underwent a deep transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album opened up new ways of creating, distributing, and reading \u003ci\u003ebandes dessinées\u003c\/i\u003e. This shift upended the market, transformed readership, initiated new transmedia adaptations, generated critical discourse, and gave birth to new kinds of comics fandom. These transformations are analysed through a series of case studies, each focusing on a noteworthy album. By retracing the publishing and critical history of these classic \u003ci\u003ebandes dessinées\u003c\/i\u003e, this book questions the blind spots of a canon based on the album format and uncovers the legitimisation processes that turned bande dessinée into\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe ninth art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvain Lesage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031170008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031170003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d","brand":"Sylvain Lesage","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123106181375,"sku":"9783031170003","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c386a4a7-7902-4483-876b-56cdd1254715.jpg?v=1687428959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ninth-art-bande-dessine-books-sylvain-lesage-9783031170003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}