Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement - Reframing History in Comics

Informationen zum Autor By Jorge J. Santos, Jr. Klappentext A study of five graphic novels or memoirs that have reshaped the narrative of civil rights in America-and an examination of the format's power to allow readers to participate in the memory-making process. Zusammenfassung A study of five graphic novels or memoirs that have reshaped the narrative of civil rights in America—and an examination of the format’s power to allow readers to participate in the memory-making process. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Graphic Memories in "Black and White"Chapter 1. The Icon of the Once and Future KingChapter 2. Bleeding Histories on the MarchChapter 3. On Photo-Graphic Narrative: "To Look-Really Look" into the DarkroomChapter 4. The Silence of Our Friends and Memories of Houston's Civil Rights HistoryChapter 5. Tropes, Transfer, Trauma: The Lynching Imagery of Stuck Rubber BabyEpilogue. Cyclops Was Right: X-Lives Matter!Appendix. A Conversation with Ho Che Anderson, Author-Artist of KingNotesWorks CitedIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jorge Santos
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781477318270
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-1827-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfi; World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series; World Comics and Graphic Nonfi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous