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Engagements with Graphic Literature introduces readers to the long and multicultural history of the field as well as covering the major theoretical perspectives. Each chapter includes detailed case studies of a broad range of forms and media: from sacred documents, canonical literature, satirical and subversive agitprop, pornography, online media, and graphic pulp fiction, including comics and graphic novels. The book explores both Eastern and Western graphic narratives as well as highlighting issues of gender, class, and queer studies in relation to graphic narratives. Engagements with Graphic Literature introduces readers to what it means to study graphic narratives and what is at stake.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I: Before the rise of the book
Chapter II: Woodblock printing, the printing press, and the rise of the book market
Chapter III: Graphic narrative in the era of market-consciousness and imperialism
Chapter IV: Graphic narrative in the age of automation and newsprint
Chapter V: The post-modern graphic narrative in late capitalism
Conclusion: Graphic narrative in a post-colonial World
