Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives av Dr Matt (TanenbaumCHAT USA) Reingold

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The most up-to-date critical guide mapping the history, impact, key critical issues, and seminal texts of the genre, <i>Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives</i> interrogates what makes a work a "Jewish graphic narrative", and explores the form¿s diverse facets to orient readers to the richness and complexity of Jewish graphic storytelling. Accessible but comprehensive and in an easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as:- The history of the genre in the US and Israel - and its relationship to superheroes, Underground Comix, and Jewish literature- Social and cultural discussions surrounding the legitimization of graphic representation as sites of trauma, understandings of gender, mixed-media in Jewish graphic novels, and the study of these works in the classroom- Critical explorations of graphic narratives about the Holocaust, Israel, the diasporic experience, Judaism, and autobiography and memoir- The works of Will Eisner, Ilana Zeffren, James Sturm, Joann Sfar, JT Waldman