Reframing the perpetrator in contemporary comics : on the importance of the strange

Reframing the perpetrator in contemporary comics : on the importance of the strange / Dragoş Manea.

This book foregrounds the figure of the perpetrator in a selection of British, American, and Canadian comics and explores questions related to remembrance, justice, and historical debt. Its primary focus is on works that deliberately estrange the figure of the perpetratorthrough fantasy, absurdism,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manea, Dragos (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Series:Palgrave studies in comics and graphic novels.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. "Nothing was spared" : Monstrosity and the Sympathetic Perpetrator in Manifest Destiny
  • 3. "Divine the future, but beware of ghosts" : Romanticism, Satire and Perpetration in The New Adventures of Hitler
  • 4. "May they never get their hands on a monster like that" : Perpetration and Moral Ambiguity in Kieron Gillens Uber
  • 5. Who are you crying for? Perpetration and Punishment in Nina Bunjevacs Bezimena
  • 6. "Unable to protect anyone" : Terrorism, Salvation, and Cultural Intelligibility in Gene Luen Yangs Boxers & Saints
  • 7. Conclusion.

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