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UNINA9910462530903321 |
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El Refaie Elisabeth |
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Titolo |
Autobiographical comics [[electronic resource] ] : life writing in pictures / / Elisabeth El Refaie |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-69545-6 |
1-62103-618-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism |
Narrative art - Themes, motives |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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