Comics and Migration - Representation and Other Practices (Paperback)

Comics and human mobility have a long history of connections. This volume explores these entanglements with a focus on both how comics represent migration and what applied uses comics have in relation to migration. The volume examines both individual works of comic art and examples of practical applications of comics from across the world. Comics are well-suited to create understanding, highlight truthful information and engender empathy in its audiences, but it is also an art form that is preconditioned or even limited by its representational and practical conventions. Through analyses of various practices and representations, this book questions the uncritical belief in the capacity of comics and assesses their potential to represent stories of exile and immigration with compassion and discusses how xenophobia and nationalism are both reinforced and questioned in comics. The book includes essays by both researchers and practitioners like activists and journalists whose work has combined a focus on comics and migration. It predominantly scrutinizes comics and activities from more peripheral areas such as the Nordic region, the German-language countries, Latin America and southern Asia to analyse the treatment and visual representation of migration in these regions. This topical and engaging volume in the Global Perspectives in Comics Studies series will be of interest to researchers and students of comics studies, literary studies, visual art studies, cultural studies, migration, and sociology. It will also be useful reading to a wider academic audience interested in discourses around global migration and comics traditions.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Global Perspectives in Comics Studies
Release date:	March 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Ralf Kauranen • Olli Loeytty • Aura Nikkila • Anna Vuorinne
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-218457-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Promotions
LSN:	1-03-218457-4
Barcode:	9781032184579

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