What is it about?

A study of pretty-girl illustration and cartooning by expatriate and at-home Canadian artists.

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Why is it important?

Popular visual culture in Canada has been neglected.

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Fascination with the 'pretty girl' trope has been consumed in Canada and made by Canadians similarly as in the USA, despite Canadian Nationalist narratives to the contrary. Nevertheless, Canadian cartoonists have often satirized the pretty girl as well.

Jaleen Grove
Rhode Island School of Design

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DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1qv3zr.9.
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