Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives: A Critical Guide

Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives is a critical guide that explores the history, impact, key critical issues, and seminal texts of the genre, covering topics such as the history of the genre, social and cultural discussions, critical explorations of graphic narratives, and the works of notable authors. It includes an appendix of relevant works, a glossary of crucial critical terms, and close readings of key texts to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 15 December 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives: A Critical Guide is a comprehensive and accessible exploration of the history, impact, key critical issues, and seminal texts of the genre. It interrogates what makes a work a Jewish graphic narrative and explores its diverse facets to orient readers to the richness and complexity of Jewish graphic storytelling. The book covers various topics, including the history of the genre in the US and Israel, its relationship to superheroes, Underground Comix, and Jewish literature, social and cultural discussions surrounding the legitimization of graphic representation, critical explorations of graphic narratives about the Holocaust, Israel, the diasporic experience, Judaism, and autobiography and memoir, and the works of notable authors such as Will Eisner, Ilana Zeffren, James Sturm, Joann Sfar, JT Waldman, Michel Kichka, Sarah Glidden, Rutu Modan, and Art Spiegelman. It also includes an appendix of relevant works sorted by genre, a glossary of crucial critical terms, and close readings of key texts to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study.

Weight: 466g
Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350301573