Comics and human mobility have a long history of connections. This
volume explores these entanglements with a focus on both how comics
represent migration and what applied uses comics have in relation to
migration. The volume examines both individual works of comic art and
examples of practical applications of comics from across the world.
Comics are well-suited to create understanding, highlight truthful
information, and engender empathy in their audiences, but are also an
art form that is preconditioned or even limited by its
representational and practical conventions. Through analyses of
various practices and representations, this book questions the
uncritical belief in the capacity of comics, assesses their potential
to represent stories of exile and immigration with compassion, and
discusses how xenophobia and nationalism are both reinforced and
questioned in comics. The book includes essays by both researchers and
practitioners such as activists and journalists whose work has
combined a focus on comics and migration. It predominantly scrutinises
comics and activities from more peripheral areas such as the Nordic
region, the German-language countries, Latin America, and southern
Asia to analyse the treatment and visual representation of migration
in these regions. This topical and engaging volume in the Global
Perspectives in Comics Studies series will be of interest to
researchers and students of comics studies, literary studies, visual
art studies, cultural studies, migration, and sociology. It will also
be useful reading for a wider academic audience interested in
discourses around global migration and comics traditions.
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Representation and Other Practices
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000859041
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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