The Cambridge Companion to Comics
Maaheen Ahmed
(Editor)
Description
The Cambridge Companion to Comics presents comics as a multifaceted prism, generating productive and insightful dialogues with the most salient issues concerning the humanities at large. This volume provides readers with the histories and theories necessary for studying comics. It consists of three sections: Forms maps the most significant comics forms, including material formats and techniques. Readings brings together a selection of tools to equip readers with a critical understanding of comics. Uses examines the roles accorded to comics in museums, galleries, and education. Chapters explore comics through several key aspects, including drawing, serialities, adaptation, transmedia storytelling, issues of stereotyping and representation, and the lives of comics in institutional and social settings. This volume emphasizes the relationship between comics and other media and modes of expression. It offers close readings of vital works, covering more than a century of comics production and extending across visual, literary and cultural disciplines.
Product Details
Price
$29.99
$27.89
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publish Date
November 02, 2023
Pages
395
Dimensions
5.98 X 8.9 X 0.94 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781009255691
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Maaheen Ahmed is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Ghent University, Belgium, where she leads a multi-researcher on children and comics which was awarded a prestigious European Research Council grant (no. 758502). She has published widely on comics, including graphic novels and periodicals, both North American and European.