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Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures
Elisabeth El Refaie
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Description for Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures
Paperback. Drawing on concepts from several disciplinary fields - including semiotics, literary and narrative theory, art history, and psychology, the author shows that the traditions and formal features of comics provide new possibilities for autobiographical storytelling. Num Pages: 282 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
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 different artistic styles. Drawing on concepts from several disciplinary fields--including semiotics, ... Read more
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 different artistic styles. Drawing on concepts from several disciplinary fields--including semiotics, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781628461749
SKU
V9781628461749
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Ref
99-50
About Elisabeth El Refaie
Elisabeth El Refaie, Cardiff, United Kingdom, is a senior lecturer at Cardiff University. Her work has been published in Studies in Comics, Visual Studies, and HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, among other periodicals.
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