Disability in comic books and graphic narratives / [edited by] Chris Foss, Professor of English, University of Mary Washington ; Jonathan W. Gray, Associate Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice ; Zach Whalen, Associate Professor of English, University of Mary Washington.

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"Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives invites readers to consider both canonical and alternative graphic representations of disability. Some chapters focus on comic superheroes, from lesser-known protagonists like Cyborg and Helen Killer to classics such as Batgirl and Batman; many more...

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Other Authors: Foss, Chris, 1963- (Editor), Gray, Jonathan W. (Editor), Whalen, Zach, 1979- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:Literary disability studies.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
People with disabilities in literature.
Physical Description:216 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  • Introduction: From Feats of Clay to Narrative Prose/thesis / Zach Whalen, Chris Foss, and Jonathan W. Gray
  • Mutable Articulations: Disability Rhetorics and the Comics Medium / Jay Dolmage and Dale Jacobs
  • "When you have no voice, you don't exist"? Envisioning Disability in David Small's Stitches / Christina Maria Koch
  • The Hidden Architecture of Disability: Chris Ware's Building Stories / Todd A. Comer
  • Standing Orders: Oracle, Disability, and Retconning / José; Alaniz
  • Drawing Disability: Superman, Huntington's, and the Comic Form in It's a Bird ... / Mariah Crilley
  • Reading in Pictures: Re-Visioning Autism and Literature through the Medium of Manga / Chris Foss
  • Graphic Violence in Word and Image: Reimagining Closure in The Ride Together / Shannon Walters
  • "Why Couldn't You Let Me Die?": Cyborg, Social Death, and Narratives of Disability / Jonathan W. Gray
  • "You Only Need Three Senses for This": The Disruptive Potentiality of Cyborg Helen Keller / Laurie Ann Carlson
  • Cripping the Bat: Troubling Images of Batman / Daniel Preston
  • Breaking Up [at/with] Illness Narratives / Kristen Gay
  • Thinking through Thea: Alison Bechdel's Representations of Disability / Margaret Galvan.