par Verschueren, Nicolas
Référence Visual Culture of Post-Industrial Europe, Taylor and Francis, page (313-332)
Publication Publié, 2024-01
Partie d'ouvrage collectif
Résumé : Over the past twenty years, Franco-Belgian comic books have been subject to significant transformations with the emergence of non-fiction comic books, sociological studies adapted to comic book formats, and graphic novels. In this context of renewal, this chapter aims to explore how authors of Franco-Belgian comic books have portrayed the emergence of a post-industrial society. It is then possible to distinguish four topics underlined by these authors, namely the disappearance of the working class or its invisibility, the emergence of cultural regeneration schemes on former coal mining sites and, in particular, the Louvre-Lens project, the generational transition between fathers and sons, and finally the responses of the working class to de-industrialization.