Reading Comics
eBook - ePub

Reading Comics

Language, Culture, and the Concept of the Superhero in Comic Books

  1. 238 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Reading Comics

Language, Culture, and the Concept of the Superhero in Comic Books

About this book

This study explores how the definition of the medium, as well as its language, readership, genre conventions, and marketing and distribution strategies, have kept comic books within the realm of popular culture. Since comics have been studied mostly in relation to mass media and its influence on society, there is a void in the analysis of the critical issues related to comics as a distinct genre and art form. By focusing on comics as narratives and investigating their formal and structural aspects, as well as the unique reading process they demand, this study presents a unique contribution to the current literature on comics, and helps clarify concepts and definitions useful in studying the medium. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alberta, 1995; revised with new preface, bibliography, and index)

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781317776321
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Comics and Cultural Studies: Sites for Struggle
  9. Chapter 2: Responses to Comicbooks and the Concept of the “Popular”
  10. Chapter 3: On the Language of Comics and the Reading Process
  11. Chapter 4: Superhero Comicbooks
  12. Chapter 5: Factors that Changed Superhero Comicbooks
  13. Chapter 6: Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns (1986)
  14. Chapter 7: A Glimpse at the Comics Scene after 1986
  15. Index

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