Illustration, Narrative and The Suffragette: An Illustrative Enquiry

Mireille Fauchon's book explores illustration as a social research tool, using archival study, anecdotal experience, practical research methods, and narrative enquiry to investigate the Holloway prison writings of suffragette Katie Gliddon. It combines themes of feminism, materiality, and social history and creates a unique tool exemplifying how social research can become a work of narrative illustration.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Through an in-depth exploration of the writings from Holloway prison, a suffragette named Katie Gliddon, Mireille Fauchon delves into the realm of illustration as a powerful social research tool. Within this captivating book, Fauchon presents a groundbreaking model of practice-based inquiry. Employing a diverse range of illustrative methods and expressive literary forms, such as collage, mixed media, print, and ficto-critical writing, she skillfully illuminates the unique characteristics of the subject matter. Drawing upon extensive archival study, personal anecdotes, practical research methodologies, and narrative inquiry, this book seamlessly weaves together themes of feminism, materiality, and social history. This comprehensive work is particularly valuable for those engaged in the study of illustration and qualitative research methods. Fauchon not only offers a captivating case study of an individual woman's desires and aspirations for societal reform but also crafts a remarkable tool that exemplifies how social research can seamlessly merge with narrative illustration to create a truly captivating and insightful work.

Weight: 570g
Dimension: 158 x 234 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350297524