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

• Autore: El Refaie Elisabeth
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 741.5/35
• Soggetto topico: Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism; Narrative art - Themes, motives
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Autobiographical comics
• ISBN: 1-283-69545-6; 1-62103-618-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819604103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II