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Propagandistic Messages in Comics – A talk by Dr Manuela Di Franco

16.10.2024

Children and adults like to read comics. What only a few consider while reading the colorful booklets is their function as a medium of communicating subliminal information. On 3 October 2024, the EwB, together with the Zentrum fir politesch Bildung and respect.lu, invited Dr Manuela Di Franco, a researcher in popular culture and gender representations, to give us a historical overview of how comics have been used in Nazi or Fascist times to circulate political propaganda or questionable images of women. Even today, hidden messages are implemented to influence the reader’s opinion. Captain America or Persepolis have more to share than you may be aware of…