The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels [[electronic resource] ] : Considering the Role of Kitsch / / by Laurike in 't Veld
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| Autore: |
in 't Veld Laurike
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| Titolo: |
The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels [[electronic resource] ] : Considering the Role of Kitsch / / by Laurike in 't Veld
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 741.59 |
| Soggetto topico: | Genocide |
| Graphic novels | |
| Kitsch | |
| Communication | |
| Popular Culture | |
| Literature, Modern—20th century | |
| Literature, Modern—21st century | |
| Culture—Study and teaching | |
| Historiography | |
| Media and Communication | |
| Contemporary Literature | |
| Cultural Theory | |
| Memory Studies | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction: Graphic Novels, Genocide, Kitsch -- 2. (In)human Visual Metaphors: The Animal and the Doll -- 3. From Gruesome to Grey: The Moralisation of Perpetrators -- 4. Visualising Violence and Sexual Violence -- 5. Modernism and Historical Accuracy: Anti-Kitsch Strategies -- 6. Conclusion. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book mobilises the concept of kitsch to investigate the tensions around the representation of genocide in international graphic novels that focus on the Holocaust and the genocides in Armenia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. In response to the predominantly negative readings of kitsch as meaningless or inappropriate, this book offers a fresh approach that considers how some of the kitsch strategies employed in these works facilitate an affective interaction with the genocide narrative. These productive strategies include the use of the visual metaphors of the animal and the doll figure and the explicit and excessive depictions of mass violence. The book also analyses where kitsch still produces problems as it critically examines depictions of perpetrators and the visual and verbal representations of sexual violence. Furthermore, it explores how graphic novels employ anti-kitsch strategies to avoid the dangers of excess in dealing with genocide. The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels will appeal to those working in comics-graphic novel studies, popular culture studies, and Holocaust and genocide studies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels |
| ISBN: | 3-030-03626-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910483461003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels, . 2634-6370