Postcolonial Comics
Texts, Events, Identities
By Binita Mehta, Pia Mukherji | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
This collection examines new comic-book cultures, graphic writing, and bande dessinée texts as they relate to postcolonialism in contemporary Anglophone and Francophone settings. The individual chapters are framed within a larger enquiry that considers definitive aspects of the postcolonial condition in twenty-first-century (con)texts.
The authors demonstrate that the fields of comic-book production and circulation in various regional histories introduce new postcolonial vocabularies, reconstitute conventional \"image-functions\" in established social texts and political systems, and present competing narratives of resistance and rights. In this sense, postcolonial comic cultures are of particular significance in the context of a newly global and politically recomposed landscape.
This volume introduces a timely intervention within current comic-book-area studies that remain firmly situated within the \"U.S.-European and Japanese manga paradigms\" and their reading publics. It will be of great interest to a wide variety of disciplines including postcolonial studies, comics-area studies, cultural studies, and gender studies.
Editions of Postcolonial Comics
- EBook
- ISBN 9781317814092
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- ISBN 9781317814108
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This collection examines new comic-book cultures, graphic writing, and bande dessinée texts as they relate to postcolonialism in contemporary Anglophone and Francophone settings. The individual chapters are framed within a larger enquiry that considers definitive aspects of the postcolonial condition in twenty-first-century (con)texts.
The authors demonstrate that the fields of comic-book production and circulation in various regional histories introduce new postcolonial vocabularies, reconstitute conventional \"image-functions\" in established social texts and political systems, and present competing narratives of resistance and rights. In this sense, postcolonial comic cultures are of particular significance in the context of a newly global and politically recomposed landscape.
This volume introduces a timely intervention within current comic-book-area studies that remain firmly situated within the \"U.S.-European and Japanese manga paradigms\" and their reading publics. It will be of great interest to a wide variety of disciplines including postcolonial studies, comics-area studies, cultural studies, and gender studies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Postcolonial Comics about?
This collection examines new comic-book cultures, graphic writing, and bande dessinée texts as they relate to postcolonialism in contemporary Anglophone and Francophone settings. The individual chapters are framed within a larger enquiry that considers definitive aspects of the postcolonial condition in twenty-first-century (con)texts.
The authors demonstrate that the fields of comic-book production and circulation in various regional histories introduce new postcolonial vocabularies, reconstitute conventional \"image-functions\" in established social texts and political systems, and present competing narratives of resistance and rights. In this sense, postcolonial comic cultures are of particular significance in the context of a newly global and politically recomposed landscape.
This volume introduces a timely intervention within current comic-book-area studies that remain firmly situated within the \"U.S.-European and Japanese manga paradigms\" and their reading publics. It will be of great interest to a wide variety of disciplines including postcolonial studies, comics-area studies, cultural studies, and gender studies.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Postcolonial Comics?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 > Literary studies: postcolonial literature
Where can I read a sample of Postcolonial Comics?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317814092
Is Postcolonial Comics part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Postcolonial Comics?
Binita Mehta, Pia Mukherji
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Postcolonial Comics is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317814092) and pdf(ISBN 9781317814108)