The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels
Considering the Role of Kitsch
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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 Graphic Novels will appeal to those working in comics-graphic novel studies, popular culture studies, and Holocaust and genocide studies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels “
1. Introduction: Graphic Novels, Genocide, Kitsch2. (In)human Visual Metaphors: The Animal and the Doll3. From Gruesome to Grey: The Moralisation of Perpetrators4. Visualising Violence and Sexual Violence5. Modernism and Historical Accuracy: Anti-Kitsch Strategies6. Conclusion
Autoren-Porträt von Laurike in 't Veld
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Laurike in 't Veld
- 2019, 1st ed. 2019, IX, 230 Seiten, 5 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 15,3 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030036251
- ISBN-13: 9783030036256
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.01.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"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)
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