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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818941503321

Autore

Tabachnick Stephen Ely

Titolo

The quest for Jewish belief and identity in the graphic novel / / Stephen E. Tabachnick ; Mary Elizabeth Watson, cover design

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University Alabama Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8173-8744-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Jews and Judaism: History and Culture

Disciplina

741.5/3529924

Soggetti

Comic books, strips, etc - Religious aspects

Judaism and literature

Graphic novels

Jews in literature

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

Jewish literature - History and criticism

Jews - Identity

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

Adaptations of the Bible -- Religion and identity in Art Spiegelman's Maus -- The holocaust graphic novel -- The Jewish experience in Europe and beyond -- The American immigrant experience -- Some female American Jewish creators -- Identity and belief in the Israel-centered graphic novel -- The orthodox graphic novel.

Sommario/riassunto

Many Jewish artists and writers contributed to the creation of popular comics and graphic novels, and in The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel, Stephen E. Tabachnick takes readers on an engaging tour of graphic novels that explore themes of Jewish identity and belief.The creators of Superman (Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), Batman (Bob Kane and Bill Finger), and the Marvel superheroes (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby), were Jewish, as was the founding editor of Mad magazine (Harvey Kurtzman). They often adapted Jewish folktales (like the Golem) or reli