Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 338 g
Perspectives on Health and Embodiment in Graphic Narratives
Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 338 g
ISBN: 978-94-6270-267-7
Verlag: Leuven University Press
Graphic narratives’ singular capacity to represent
human embodiment
Comics and other graphic narratives
powerfully represent embodied experiences that are difficult to express in
language. A group of authors from various countries and disciplines explore the
unique capacity of graphic narratives to represent human embodiment as well as
the relation of human bodies to the worlds they inhabit. Using works from
illustrated scientific texts to contemporary comics across national traditions,
we discover how the graphic narrative can shed new light on everyday
experiences. Essays examine topics that are easily recognized as anchored in the
body as well as experiences like migration and concepts like environmental degradation
and compassion that emanate from or impact on our embodied states.
Graphic Embodiments is of interest to
scholars and students across various interdisciplinary fields including comics
studies, gender and sexuality studies, visual and cultural studies, disability
studies and health and medical humanities.
Contributors:
Frederick Luis Aldama (Ohio State University), Jodi Cressman (Dominican
University), Lisa DeTora (Hofstra University), KJ Dykstra (University of
Manitoba), Antonio J. Ferraro (Ohio State University), Carl Fisher (California
State University at Long Beach), Barbara Grüning (University of Milan Bicocca),
Jordana Greenblat (York University), Alison Halsall (York University), Michael
J. Klein (James Madison University), Jeannie Ludlow (Eastern Illinois
University), Lauren Rizzuto (Tufts University), Evelyn Rogers (Moorpark
College), Shreya Sengai (Northeastern University)
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Design Graphic Novel & Manga (Design)
- Geisteswissenschaften Design Comics & Cartoons (Design)
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments
IntroductionJodi Cressman and Lisa DeTora
PART 1. MAKING SENSE OF EMBODIMENT
The Embodied Witness of Graphic PathologyJodi Cressman
Embodying the Mind: Social Metacognition in Graphic Medical Narratives Carl Fisher
Embodiments of Virtue: Depiction of Caste in Popular Indian Comics and Graphic Novels Shreya Sangai
Graphic Experiences of Immigration, Migration, and Diaspora: Shaun Tan’s The Arrival and Matt Huynh’s Interactive Graphic Adaptation of Nam Le’s “The Boat” Alison Halsall
Body Talk: A Cross-Disciplinary Course on Embodiment and Graphic MemoirMichael J. Klein
PART 2. EMPIRICAL PROBLEMATICS
Women’s Gazes and Non-Newtonian Embodiment in Scientific Graphic Biography Lisa DeTora
Sexology and/as Pornography: Considering the Sexologist’s Desiring Gaze through Forberg and Avril’s De Figuris VenerisKJ Dykstra
Spatializing Women’s Bodies in Italian Comics: A Gender-Sociological Perspective Barbara Grüning
Mother Nature, “She’s a Bitch”: Maternity and Ecofeminism in This One SummerLauren Rizzuto
PART 3. EMBODIED CONDITIONS
“A Thin Line Between the Inside and the Outside”: HIV and Graphic Life WritingJordana Greenblatt
The Price of an Ending: Reading Graphic Embodiment in Cancer VixenAntonio J. Ferraro
Voiceless Bodies: Drawing Autism and Depression in Bef’s Maria SpeaksRadmila Lale Stefkova
Full Bleed: The Graphic Period at the End of the Menstrual NarrativeJeannie Ludlow
Afterword Frederick Luis Aldama
Works Cited Contributors Index
