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The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels: Considering the Role of Kitsch: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels

Autor Laurike in 't Veld
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mar 2022
This book mobilises the concept of kitsch to investigate the tensions around the representation of genocide in international graphic novels that focus on the Holocaust and the genocides in Armenia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. In response to the predominantly negative readings of kitsch as meaningless or inappropriate, this book offers a fresh approach that considers how some of the kitsch strategies employed in these works facilitate an affective interaction with the genocide narrative. These productive strategies include the use of the visual metaphors of the animal and the doll figure and the explicit and excessive depictions of mass violence. The book also analyses where kitsch still produces problems as it critically examines depictions of perpetrators and the visual and verbal representations of sexual violence. Furthermore, it explores how graphic novels employ anti-kitsch strategies to avoid the dangers of excess in dealing with genocide. The Representation of Genocide in GraphicNovels will appeal to those working in comics-graphic novel studies, popular culture studies, and Holocaust and genocide studies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030969622
ISBN-10: 3030969622
Pagini: 230
Ilustrații: IX, 230 p. 13 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction: Graphic Novels, Genocide, Kitsch.- 2. (In)human Visual Metaphors: The Animal and the Doll.- 3. From Gruesome to Grey: The Moralisation of Perpetrators.- 4. Visualising Violence and Sexual Violence.- 5. Modernism and Historical Accuracy: Anti-Kitsch Strategies.- 6. Conclusion.

Recenzii

“Laurike in ’t Veld’s book … is a welcome and accessible contribution to the field. … attention to other artists and works, and to the productive possibilities of using kitsch as a category to think through the tensions of genocide graphic novels, makes this an original and laudable advance in comics studies.” (Candida Rifkind, Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, Vol. 3 (3), 2019)

Notă biografică

Laurike in 't Veld is a lecturer at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication and a research associate at the Center for Historical Culture, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Caracteristici

Offers a new perspective on issues around genocide representation through the lens of kitsch Uses a comparative approach with a corpus that spans several genocide narratives Includes analyses of under-researched graphic novels, and provides a new perspective on Maus