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Author:
Szép, Eszter, author.
Title:
Comics and the body : drawing, reading, and vulnerability / Eszter Szép.
Publisher:
The Ohio State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
Contents:
Conclusion. Comics and the body: lining things up. two. Cartoon bodies and transformative lines: Ken Dahl's Monsters -- three. Style as engagement: Joe Sacco's Safe area Goražde and The fixer -- four. Reading and the body: Miriam Katin's We are on our own and Letting it go -- five. Embodied interaction: Katie Green's Lighter than my shadow and Joe Sacco's The Great War -- Conclusion. Comics and the body: lining things up.
Summary:
"Looking at works by Lynda Barry, Ken Dahl, Katie Green, Miriam Katin, and Joe Sacco, presents a new way to see how our bodies read and show up in comics. Emphasizes the discursive, performative, and vulnerable nature of the body"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Studies in comics and cartoons
ISBN:
0814257720
9780814257722
0814214541
9780814214541
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1142522076
LCCN:
2020023809
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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