Julia Round, Rikke Platz Cortsen, Maaheen Ahmed

Comics and Graphic Novels (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an overview of the dynamic field of comics and graphic novels for students and researchers, this Essential Guide contextualises the major research trends, debates and ideas that have emerged in Comics Studies over the past decades. Interdisciplinary and international in its scope, the critical approaches on offer spread across a wide range of strands, from the formal and the ideological to the historical, literary and cultural.

Its concise chapters provide accessible introductions to comics methodologies, comics histories and cultures across the world, high-profile creators and titles, insights from audience and fan studies, and important themes and genres, such as autobiography and superheroes. It also surveys the alternative and small press alongside general reference works and textbooks on comics. Each chapter is complemented by list of key reference works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350336070
• Artikelnr.: 64547790

Autorenporträt

Julia Round is Associate Professor of English and Comics Studies at Bournemouth University, UK and one of the editors of Studies in Comics journal and the Encapsulations book series.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Part 1: Approaching Comics Chapter 2: Formalist
Approaches Chapter 3: Ideological and Material Approaches Part 2: Histories
and Cultures Chapter 4: Early Criticism and Legitimation Chapter 5:
Historical Approaches Part 3: Production and Reception Chapter 6: Creators,
Imprints and Titles Chapter 7: Audiences and Fan Cultures Part 4: Themes
and Genres Chapter 8: Thematic Approaches Chapter 9: Popular Genres Chapter
10: Outside the Mainstream Chapter 11: General Reference Guides and
Textbooks Chapter 12: Conclusion