{"product_id":"documenting-trauma-in-comics-traumatic-pasts-embodied-histories-and-graphic-reportage-paperback","title":"Documenting Trauma in Comics: Traumatic Pasts, Embodied Histories, and Graphic Reportage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCandida Rifkind\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are so many contemporary comics and graphic narratives written as memoirs or documentaries of traumatic events? Is there a specific relationship between the comics form and the documentation and reportage of trauma? How do the interpretive demands made on comics readers shape their relationships with traumatic events? And how does comics' documentation of traumatic pasts operate across national borders and in different cultural, political, and politicised contexts? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sixteen chapters and three comics included in \u003ci\u003eDocumenting Trauma in Comics \u003c\/i\u003eset out to answer exactly these questions. Drawing on a range of historically and geographically expansive examples, the contributors bring their different perspectives to bear on the tangled and often fraught intersections between trauma studies, comics studies, and theories of documentary practices and processes. The result is a collection that shows how comics is not simply related to trauma, but a generativeforce that has become central to its remembrance, documentation, and study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDocumenting Trauma in Comics: Traumatic Pasts, Embodied Histories, and Graphic Reportage \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together a diverse group of scholars to offer a new perspective on representations of trauma in graphic narratives. Using primary source comics from a broad geographic and historical scope, this collection focuses on creating relationships between texts, demonstrating not only the global interest in trauma narratives but also the myriad representational techniques that comics can employ. As such, the coordinates by which this work is steered are academically rigorous, contemporary, and highly topical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eProfessor Harriet EH Earle\u003c\/b\u003e, Sheffield Hallam University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A necessary collection, both for its crucial global scope and for its contribution to how we think about trauma and images.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eProfessor Hillary Chute, \u003c\/b\u003eNortheastern University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy are so many contemporary comics and graphic narratives written as memoirs or documentaries of traumatic events? Is there a specific relationship between the comics form and the documentation and reportage of trauma? How do the interpretive demands made on comics readers shape their relationships with traumatic events? And how does comics' documentation of traumatic pasts operate across national borders and in different cultural, political, and politicised contexts? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sixteen chapters and three comics included in \u003ci\u003eDocumenting Trauma in Comics \u003c\/i\u003eset out to answer exactly these questions. Drawing on a range of historically and geographically expansive examples, the contributors bring their different perspectives to bear on the tangled and often fraught intersections between trauma studies, comics studies, and theories of documentary practices and processes. The result is a collection that shows how comics is not simply related to trauma, but a generative force that has become central to its remembrance, documentation, and study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in the Department of English at City, University of London. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCandida Rifkind\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of English, University of Winnipeg, Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in English at City, University of London. He holds a DPhil and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Oxford. He is the author and editor of several books, articles, and chapters, and his most recent monograph is \u003ci\u003eUrban Comics: Infrastructure \u0026amp; the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives \u003c\/i\u003e(2019). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCandida Rifkind\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of English, University of Winnipeg, Canada. In addition to over a dozen journal articles and book chapters in comics studies, she co-edited \u003ci\u003eCanadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and is co-editor of the Wilfrid Laurier UP book series \u003ci\u003eCrossing Lines: Transcultural\/Transnational Comics Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributorsHaya Alfarhan, King's College London, UKAna Baeza Ruiz, University of Leeds, UK\u003cbr\u003eHillary Chute, Northeastern University, USA Michael Goodrum, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK\u003cbr\u003eIan Hague, London College of Communication, UK\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Lloyd, University of Oxford, UK\u003cbr\u003eSarah McNicol, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKNina Mickwitz London College of Communication, UK\u003cbr\u003eBruce Mutard, Independent Artist, Australia\u003cbr\u003eKatalin Orbán, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary\u003cbr\u003eEmma Parker, University of Leeds, UK\u003cbr\u003eJohannes C. P. Schmid, University of Hamburg, Germany\u003cbr\u003eA. P. Payal, University of Delhi, India\u003cbr\u003eRituparna Sengupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India\u003cbr\u003eNicola Streeten, London College of Communication, UK\u003cbr\u003eEszter Szép, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary\u003cbr\u003eE. Dawson Varughese, Snr Fellow, Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 345\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45438296588374,"sku":"9783030380007","price":155.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0720\/7433\/0198\/files\/jy5L5h_qpr9783030380007.webp?v=1784855780","url":"https:\/\/duanes-world-2.myshopify.com\/products\/documenting-trauma-in-comics-traumatic-pasts-embodied-histories-and-graphic-reportage-paperback","provider":"Duane's World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}