Breaking the frames : populism and prestige in comics studies / Marc Singer.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:World comics and graphic nonfiction series.
Main Author: Singer, Marc (Author)
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:World comics and graphic nonfiction series.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Popular culture and literature.
Physical Description:viii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.