This work aims to elucidate the mechanisms of the female image coding, directed towards girls, during a long period of development of the illustration and female comic book. First, I investigate the ways in which official power predetermines the visual message, over a period stretching from the early twentieth century to the full consolidation of modernity in its last decades. I analyze too images, created by three emblematic women illustrators. Finally, I focus on how the coeval girls received, perceived and interpreted these images.... [Leer más...]