"Der Katalog, eine Sammlung von Fachbeiträgen, und die gleichnamige Ausstellung wurden anläßlich der 11. Oldenburger Kinder- und Jugendbuchmesse 1985 im Rahmen eines Seminars von den Universitätswissenschaftlern Dr. Gottfried Mergner, Dr. Ansgar Häfner und einer Arbeitsgruppe von Studierenden u
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nd Doktoranden der Universität Oldenburg zusammengestellt. Es wurden Aufklärungsliteratur, Reisebeschreibungen, spezifische Kolonialliteratur, Missions- und Traktatliteratur sowie Bilderbücher untersucht und rezensiert / insgesamt 250 Titel). Den Herausgebern des Katalogs erschien eine theoretische Analyse und literaturgeschichtliche Reflexion notwendig, um nicht durch bloße Wiederholung tradierte rassistische Stereotypen noch zu verfestigen [...] Jedes Kapitel beginnt mit einem Fachbeitrag zu dem entsprechenden Thema, daran anschließend folgen die Beschreibungen der dazugehörigen Exponate." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Joseph Pulitzer recognized the importance of comic art when he first printed Richard Outcault's "Yellow Kidˆ in a 1896 issue of The World. That is the sort of information available in this valuable guide and "browser" for both comics scholars and buffs. More than 1,200 cross-referenced entries cov
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er 80 years and offer a world picture of the comics through 1975. Entries written by 15 contributors include themes, plots, character lists, adaptations into other media, artists, and writers. There also are separate biographical entries for artists, writers, and editors. A glossary is included, as weil as articles on the world history of comics and a history of newspaper syndication." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 133)
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"A história social e política do país vista por meio de caricaturas da imprensa." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1305, topic code 110.5)
"[...] the “comics” industry has never looked back. Not only do strip cartoons occupy an ever greater pkce in papers for adults, but a specialized press has developed for children, and today it is estimated that every American child reads, on an average, between 10 and 12 comic books’ a week.
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In every countrg where the media of expression have come to play an important part in daily life, there has been a similar development in the press catering for children. The film and the radio also count children among their most faithful public. It is therefore not surprising that government authorities as well as educators in many countries have become concerned about the influence that press, film and radio can exert on growing minds. At its Fifth Session, in 1950, Unesco’s General Conference adopted a resolution authorizing the Director-General “to collect and disseminate information on the methods used or contemplated in various countries to protect children from the undesirable influence which may be exerted by the press, the radio and the film, and especially to improve children’s newspapers and literature”. For the purpose of this study we have chosen 12 countries that are characteristic of different civilizations-Belgium, France, the German Federal Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Stales and Uruguay [...] It has not been practicable to examine the position of the children’s press in every country, nor has it been possible to study every paper existing in the countries which we have taken as examples. Only those about which we have adequate information arid which seem to us especially typical have been considered." (Preface)
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