Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES ix
4. FOREWORD xiii
5. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: FRENCH STRIPPERS VIEWED FROM AFAR 1
6. PART I WHAT IS A BANDE DESSINÉE?
7. CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS AND COMPONENT PARTS: HOW A BD WORKS 15
8. CHAPTER 3 FORMAL SPECIFICITY: NOVEL NOVEL OR NOUVELLE NOUVELLE VAGUE? 41
9. CHAPTER 4 PRE-HISTORY: FROM BAYEUX’S TAPESTRY TO TÖPFFER’S TEACHINGS 59
10. CHAPTER 5 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: PHOTOS, FUNNIES AND FILMS 93
11. CHAPTER 6 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE RISE, FALL AND RISE OF THE BD 117
12. CHAPTER 7 CONTEMPORARY BD: INNOVATORS, BEST-SELLERS AND PRIZE-WINNERS 155
13. PART III THE CULTURAL PHENOMENON
14. CHAPTER 8 POP ART OR BUSINESS PARK?: BARTHES-ERING FOR THE MARKET 207
15. CHAPTER 9 CONSECRATION OF THE NINTH ART: MEANINGFUL ECOS OR CIRCUS CLONES? 229
16. CHAPTER 10 CULTURAL STUDIES AND BEYOND: CASES IN POINT AND FURTHER READING 249
17. CHAPTER 11 CONCLUSION: DICK TURPIN RIDES AGAIN 295
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
19. INDEX 327