Dr Matt Reingold (USA TanenbaumCHAT)

Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives

A Critical Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The most-up-date critical guide mapping the history, impact, key critical issues and seminal texts of the genre, Jewish Comics and Graphic Novels interrogates what makes a work a 'Jewish graphic novel', and explores the form's diverse facets to orient readers to the richness and complexity of Jewish graphic narratives. Accessible but comprehensive and in an easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as: - The history of the genre, Jewish graphic novels in relations to superheroes, Underground Comix and Jewish narratives in the mainstream in the US and Israel - Social and cultural discussions surrounding the legitimization of graphic representation as sites of trauma, understandings of gender, mixed-media in Jewish graphic novels and the study of these works in the classroom - Critical explorations of the Holocaust, Israel, the diasporic experience, religion and autobiography and memoir - The works of Will Eisner, Ilana Zeffren, James Sturm, Joann Sfar, JT Waldman, Barry Deutsch, Miriam Katin, Charlotte Salomon and Sarah Lightman and such narratives as X-men, Anne Frank's Diary and Maus Jewish Comics and Graphic Novels includes an appendix of relevant works sorted by genre, a glossary of crucial critical terms and close readings of key texts to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study"--

Produktdetails

• Bloomsbury Comics Studies
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 235mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9781350301580
• ISBN-10: 1350301582
• Artikelnr.: 65320208

Autorenporträt

Matt Reingold teaches at TanenbaumCHAT, Canada, where he also serves as the co-head of the Jewish History department. He is the author of Gender and Sexuality in Israeli Graphic Novels: Contested Masculinity and Independent Femininity (2021) and Reenivisioning Israel through Political Cartoons: Visual Discourses During the 2018-2021 Electoral Crisis (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Jewish Literature in
the 21st century Graphic novels as a medium Defining Jewish graphic novels
Literature review of scholarly research about Jewish graphic novels[LB1]
Book overview Historical Overview Jewish comic-book writers and
illustrators in the superhero era Jewish content in superhero comic-books
Jewish superheroes Underground comix, Will Eisner, and Art Spiegelman
Jewish graphic novels go mainstream: America Jewish graphic novels go
mainstream: Israel Social and Cultural Impact Legitimizing graphic
representation of sites of trauma Shifting understandings of gender by
challenging hegemonies Mixed-media in Jewish graphic novels Jewish graphic
novels and classroom instruction Critical uses Graphic novels about the
Holocaust Graphic novels about Israel Graphic novels about the diasporic
Jewish experience Religious graphic novels Autobiography Key Texts
Holocaust graphic novels X-Men: Magneto Testament - Greg Pak and Carmine di
Giandomenico The Diary of Anne Frank - Ari Folman and David Polonsky
Graphic novels about Israel Pink Story - Ilana Zeffren The Property - Rutu
Modan Graphic novels about the diaspora experience Market Day - James Sturm
The Rabbi's Cat - Joann Sfar Religious graphic novels Megillat Esther - JT
Waldman Hereville - Barry Deutsch Autobiography and Memoir How to
Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less - Sarah Glidden Michel Kichka -
Second Generation: Things I Didn't Tell My Father Appendix List of Jewish
graphic novels sorted by genre Glossary Index