Comics studies : a guidebook / edited by Charles Hatfield and Bart Beaty.
"In the twenty-first century, the field of comics studies has exploded. Scholarship on graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, webcomics, manga, and all forms of comic art has grown at a dizzying pace, with new publications, institutions, and courses springing up everywhere. The field crosses dis...
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: | viii, 326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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"In the twenty-first century, the field of comics studies has exploded. Scholarship on graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, webcomics, manga, and all forms of comic art has grown at a dizzying pace, with new publications, institutions, and courses springing up everywhere. The field crosses disciplinary and cultural borders and brings together myriad traditions. Comics Studies: A Guidebook offers a rich but concise introduction to this multifaceted field, authored by leading experts in multiple disciplines. It opens diverse entryways to comics studies, including history, form, audiences, genre, and cultural, industrial, and economic contexts. An invaluable one-stop resource for veteran and new comics scholars alike, this Guidebook represents the state of the art in contemporary comics scholarship"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Call Number: | PN6710 .C6664 2020 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813591421 0813591422 9780813591414 0813591414 |