Introduction à la méthode de Gaston Lagaffe : incarner la critique
This article looks at the figure of Gaston Lagaffe as an embodiment of “criticism” in media culture from the 1960s onwards. Drawing on definitions of criticism proposed in sociology (Boltanski 2009) and philosophy (Lefebvre 2024), we look at the character’s evolution, the scope of his “gaffes” and t...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jezik: | Français |
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2025
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sažetak: | This article looks at the figure of Gaston Lagaffe as an embodiment of “criticism” in media culture from the 1960s onwards. Drawing on definitions of criticism proposed in sociology (Boltanski 2009) and philosophy (Lefebvre 2024), we look at the character’s evolution, the scope of his “gaffes” and the type of humor practiced by Franquin. For it is the capitalist world of comics publishing that is the object of Lagaffe’s subversive gestures, the figure of the handyman and artist demanding the “right to laziness”. |
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