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Author:
Santesso, Esra Mirze, author.
Title:
Muslim comics and warscape witnessing / Esra Mirze Santesso.
Publisher:
The Ohio State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xviii, 198 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Comic books, strips, etc.--Islam.--Islam.
Muslims--Violence against--Comic books, strips, etc.
Muslims in literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index.
Contents:
Conclusion: The future of Muslim comics. The politics and aesthetics of Muslim comics -- Reluctant witnesses in prison camp narratives -- Vulnerability, resistance, and false witnesses -- Shaheed and border witnesses -- Surrogate witnesses and memory -- Conclusion: The future of Muslim comics.
Summary:
"Investigates how Muslim comics such as Persepolis, Baddawi, Guantanamo Kid, Munnu, and others contest monolithic depictions of Muslim people and act as witness accounts highlighting the everyday lives of Muslims under duress"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Studies in comics and cartoons
ISBN:
0814258840
9780814258842
0814215416
9780814215418
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1371138798
LCCN:
2023017338
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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