The State of Research on 19th Century Caricature

In addition to the abundance of publications and the plethora of sites for research on 19(th) century caricature the subject has found its place in a diachronic perspective established over the course of the past thirty years as is also the case for the definition of gender and its mode of expression After placing the subject in its historiographical context the article discusses collections of caricatures from the paper age" (Felix Vallotton) and the publica lions they have engendered both on a French and an international level A number oh doctoral dissertations attest to the multidisciplinary character of this academic research while exhibitions of ten associated with a commemorative occasion or a conference are also important for the field The new orientations of research - the history of the body and its distortion media studies and the geopolitics of caricature - appear in specialized journals dedicated exclusively to caricature and humor widely disseminated on the Internet