Critical Approaches to Comics
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-88555-3 (ISBN)
As the first comprehensive introduction to critical methods for studying comics, Critical Approaches to Comics is the ideal textbook for a variety of courses in comics studies.
Contributors: Henry Jenkins, David Berona, Joseph Witek, Randy Duncan, Marc Singer, Pascal Lefevre, Andrei Molotiu, Jeff McLaughlin, Amy Kiste Nyberg, Christopher Murray, Mark Rogers, Ian Gordon, Stanford Carpenter, Matthew J. Smith, Brad J. Ricca, Peter Coogan, Leonard Rifas, Jennifer K. Stuller, Ana Merino, Mel Gibson, Jeffrey A. Brown, Brian Swafford
Matthew J. Smith is Professor of Communication at Wittenberg University. He regularly teaches "Graphic Storytelling" and leads an annual field study at Comic-Con International. Recent books include The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture (with Randy Duncan) and Online Communication: Linking Technology, Culture, and Identity (with Andrew F. Wood). Randy Duncan is Professor of Communication at Henderson State University. He is co-author of The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture (with Matthew J. Smith). Duncan is a co-founder (with Peter Coogan) of the Comics Arts Conference, and serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Comic Art and the Board of Directors of the Institute for Comics Studies. He was recently presented the Inkpot Award for Achievement in Comic Arts during the Pioneers of Comics Scholarship panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Introduction: Should We Discipline the Reading of Comics? Henry JenkinsI. Form 1. Wordless Comics: The Imaginative Appeal of Peter Kuper's The SystemDavid Berona 2. Comics Modes: Caricature and Illustration in the Crumb Family's Dirty LaundryJoseph Witek 3. Image Functions: Shape and Color as Hermeneutic Images in Asterios Polyp Randy Duncan 4. Time and Narrative: Unity and Discontinuity in The InvisiblesMarc Singer 5. Mise en scene and Framing: Visual Storytelling in Lone Wolf and CubPascal Lefevre 6. Abstract Form: Sequential Dynamism and Iconostasis in Abstract Comics and Steve Ditko's Amazing Spider-ManAndrei MolotiuII. Content 7. Philosophy: "The Triumph of the Human Spirit" in X-MenJeff McLaughlin 8. Journalism: Drawing on Words to Picture the Past in Safe Area GorazdeAmy Kiste Nyberg 9. Propaganda: The Pleasures of Persuasion in Captain AmericaChristopher MurrayIII. Production 10. Political Economy: Manipulating Demand and "The Death of Superman" Mark Rogers 11. Culture of Consumption: Commodification through Superman: Return to KryptonIan Gordon 12. Ethnography of Production: Editor Axel Alonso and the Sale of Ideas Stanford Carpenter 13. Auteur Criticism: The Re-Visionary Works of Alan Moore Matthew J. Smith 14. History: Discovering the Story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Brad J. RiccaIV. Context 15. Genre: Reconstructing the Superhero in All Star Superman Peter Coogan 16. Ideology: The Construction of Race and History in Tintin in the CongoLeonard Rifas 17. Feminism: Second Wave Feminism in the Pages of Lois LaneJennifer K. Stuller 18. Intertextuality: Surrealist Intertextualities in Max's Bardin Ana MerinoV. Reception 19. Cultural Studies: British Girls' Comics, Readers and Memories Mel Gibson 20. Ethnography: Wearing One's Fandom Jeffrey A. Brown 21. Critical Ethnography: The Comics Shop as Cultural Clubhouse Brian Swafford
Zusatzinfo | 65 Halftones, black and white |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 566 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic |
Kunst / Musik / Theater | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-415-88555-8 / 0415885558 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-88555-3 / 9780415885553 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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