Comics and power: representing and questioning culture, subjects and communities

Rikke Platz Cortsen, Erin La Cour, Anne Magnussen

Research output: Book/Report/PhD thesisBookResearch

Abstract

Summary: Many introductions to comics scholarship books begin with an anecdote recounting the author's childhood experiences reading comics, thereby testifying to the power of comics to engage and impact youth, but comics and power are intertwined in a numbers of ways that go beyond concern for children's reading habits. Comics and Power presents very different methods of studying the complex and diverse relationship between comics and power. Divided into three sections, its 14 chapters discuss how comics interact with, reproduce, and/or challenge existing power structures - from the comics medium and
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNewcastle upon Tyne, England
PublisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN (Print)1443875058
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Electronic books
  • aesthetics, design and media

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