Breaking the frames [electronic resource] : populism and prestige in comics studies / Marc Singer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Singer, Marc (Author)
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:World comics and graphic nonfiction series
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Variant Title:
Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction. Pow! zap! : comics aren't just for cultural studies professors anymore
  • The myth of eco : comics, continuity, and cultural populism
  • The abuses of history : postmodernism and contemporary superhero comics
  • Properties of the imagination : copyright and empire in the league of extraordinary gentlemen
  • The limits of realism : alternative comics and the workshop aesthetic
  • Comics studies in miniature : the canonization of persepolis
  • Shadows of the past : fictions of history in nat turner
  • Afterword. Never apologize, never defend.