Precarious Youth in Contemporary Graphic Narratives: Young Lives in Crisis (Routledge Advances in Comics Studies)

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Synopsis
This volume explores comics as examples of moral outrage in the face of a reality in which precariousness has become an inherent part of young lives. Taking a thematic approach, the chapters devote attention to the expression and representation of precarious subjectivities, as well as to the economic and professional precarity that characterizes comics creation and production. An international team of authors, young and senior systematically examines the representation of precarious youth in graphic fiction and autobiographic comics, superheroes and precarity, market issues and spaces of activism and vulnerability. With this structure, the book offers a global perspective and comprehensive coverage of different aspects of a complex and multifaceted field of knowledge, with a special attention to minorities and liminal subjects. The comics analyzed function as examples of "ethical solicitation" that bear witness of the precarious existence younger generations endure, while at the same time creating images that voice their outrage and might move readers to act. This timely and truly interdisciplinary volume will appeal to comics scholars and researchers in the areas of media and cultural studies, modern languages, education, art and design, communication studies, sociology, medical humanities and more.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
270 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000653861
Related ISBNs:
9781003225669, 9781032126739, 9781032123592
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, María Porras Sánchez and Gerardo Vilches
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Reference, Literature and Fiction, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
María Porras Sánchez
Edited by:
Gerardo Vilches

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