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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462530903321

Autore

El Refaie Elisabeth

Titolo

Autobiographical comics [[electronic resource] ] : life writing in pictures / / Elisabeth El Refaie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2012

ISBN

1-283-69545-6

1-62103-618-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

741.5/35

Soggetti

Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism

Narrative art - Themes, motives

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Life Writing from the Colorful Margins; 2. Picturing Embodied Selves; 3. Commemorating the Past, Anticipating the Future; 4. Performing Authenticity; 5. Drawing in the Reader; Conclusion; Notes; Autobiographical Comics; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A troubled childhood in Iran. Living with a disability. Grieving for a dead child. Over the last forty years the comic book has become an increasingly popular way of telling personal stories of considerable complexity and depth.    In Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures, Elisabeth El Refaie offers a long overdue assessment of the key conventions, formal properties, and narrative patterns of this fascinating genre. The book considers eighty-five works of North American and European provenance, works that cover a broad range of subject matters and employ many dif