Drawing on the Past Graphic Narrative Documentary (Paperback)

Birte Wege

ISBN 10: 3593510219 / ISBN 13: 9783593510217

Published by Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, 2019

Paperback. Long disregarded as trivial entertainment, comics have gained increased scholarly and mainstream attention over the past three decades. More and more frequently, they are the medium of choice for artists who choose to criticize mainstream political narratives. Drawing on the Past looks closely at four twenty-first-century graphic narrativesEmmanuel Guiberts The Photographer, Ho Che Andersons King: A Comics Biography, Art Spiegelmans In The Shadow of No Towers, and Joe Saccos Footnotes in Gazato explore the mediums potential as political documentary. Birte Wege examines how these four works draw parallels between past and present crises; how they use photography in their pages, either through direct depiction or indirect reference; and how the artists complicate notions of authenticity, objectivity, and reality in their own work. Drawing on the Past brings a distinctly literary perspective to larger debates about the role of visual images in our culture, particularly the myriad guises comics and graphic novels can assume in portraying past and present political conflict. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783593510217

Synopsis:

Long disregarded as trivial entertainment, comics have gained increased scholarly and mainstream attention over the past three decades. More and more frequently, they are the medium of choice for artists who choose to criticize mainstream political narratives. Drawing on the Past looks closely at four twenty-first-century graphic narratives—Emmanuel Guibert’s The Photographer, Ho Che Anderson’s King: A Comics Biography, Art Spiegelman’s In The Shadow of No Towers, and Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza—to explore the medium’s potential as political documentary. Birte Wege examines how these four works draw parallels between past and present crises; how they use photography in their pages, either through direct depiction or indirect reference; and how the artists complicate notions of authenticity, objectivity, and reality in their own work. Drawing on the Past brings a distinctly literary perspective to larger debates about the role of visual images in our culture, particularly the myriad guises comics and graphic novels can assume in portraying past and present political conflict.
 

About the Author: Birte Wege is assistant professor of American literature at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Drawing on the Past Graphic Narrative ...
Publisher: Campus Verlag, Frankfurt
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new