Dorian L Alexander

Broschiertes Buch

Drawing the Past, Volume 1

Comics and the Historical Imagination in the United States

Herausgeber: Goodrum, Michael; Smith, Philip

Beschreibung

Provides a map of current approaches to comics and their engagement with historical representation. The first section of the book explores the existence, shape, and influence of comics as a medium; the second section concerns the question of trauma; the final section delves into ways in which comics add to the mythology of the US.

Autor

Dorian Alexander is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Washington. Their work focuses on the relationship between revolutionary ideology and fantastical literature, with an emphasis on queerness and historical representation. They write comics on a variety of topics for The Nib. Michael Goodrum is senior lecturer in modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University and the coconvenor of the TORCH Oxford Comics Network. He is author of Superheroes and American Self Image: From War to Watergate and Printing Terror. He is coeditor of "Firefly" Revisited: Essays on Joss Whedon’s Classic Series and Gender and the Superhero Narrative, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi. Philip Smith is associate chair of liberal arts and professor of English at Savannah College of Art and Design. He is author of Reading Art Spiegelman and Shakespeare in Singapore: Performance, Education, and Culture. He is coeditor of The Struggle for Understanding: Elie Wiesel’s Literary Works and Gender and the Superhero Narrative, published by University Press of Mississippi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781496837165
• ISBN-10: 1496837169
• Artikelnr.: 63154174