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Reading Art Spiegelman (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,544
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Reading Art Spiegelman (Paperback): Philip Smith

Reading Art Spiegelman (Paperback)

Philip Smith; Series edited by Randy Duncan, Matthew J Smith

Series: Routledge Advances in Comics Studies

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The horror of the Holocaust lies not only in its brutality but in its scale and logistics; it depended upon the machinery and logic of a rational, industrialised, and empirically organised modern society. The central thesis of this book is that Art Spiegelman's comics all identify deeply-rooted madness in post-Enlightenment society. Spiegelman maintains, in other words, that the Holocaust was not an aberration, but an inevitable consequence of modernisation. In service of this argument, Smith offers a reading of Spiegelman's comics, with a particular focus on his three main collections: Breakdowns (1977 and 2008), Maus (1980 and 1991), and In the Shadow of No Towers (2004). He draws upon a taxonomy of terms from comic book scholarship, attempts to theorize madness (including literary portrayals of trauma), and critical works on Holocaust literature.

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Imprint: Crc Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Routledge Advances in Comics Studies
Release date: 2018
First published: 2016
Authors: Philip Smith
Series editors: Randy Duncan • Matthew J Smith
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 978-0-8153-8647-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Political campaigning & advertising
Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust
Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-8153-8647-8
Barcode: 9780815386476

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