Comics and power : representing and questioning culture, subjects and communities / edited by Rikke Platz Cortsen, Erin La Cour and Anne Magnussen.
Many introductions to comics scholarship books begin with an anecdote recounting the author's childhood experiences reading comics, thereby testifying to the power of comics to engage and impact youth, but comics and power are intertwined in a numbers of ways that go beyond concern for children...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2015.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Many introductions to comics scholarship books begin with an anecdote recounting the author's childhood experiences reading comics, thereby testifying to the power of comics to engage and impact youth, but comics and power are intertwined in a numbers of ways that go beyond concern for children's reading habits. Comics and Power presents very different methods of studying the complex and diverse relationship between comics and power. Divided into three sections, its 14 chapters discuss how comics interact with, reproduce, and/or challenge existing power structures - from the comics medium and. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781443875059 1443875058 |
| Language: | English. |