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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151740003321

Titolo

Canadian graphic : picturing life narratives / / Candida Rifkind and Linda Warley, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ontario : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-77112-181-5

1-77112-180-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Life Writing Series

Disciplina

741.50971075

Soggetti

Comic books, strips, etc - Canada - History and criticism

Biographical comic books, strips, etc - Canada

Graphic novels - Canada - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Canada Biography History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

Critical essays on contemporary Canadian cartoonists working in graphic life narrative, from confession to memoir to biography. Draws on literary theory, visual studies, and cultural history to ask why and how Canadian cartoonists have become so prominent in the international market for comic books based on real life experiences.