Visualising small traumas :: contemporary Portuguese comics at the intersection of everyday trauma /

"Portugal's vibrant comics scene originated as early as the 19th century, bringing forth brilliant individual artists, but has remained mostly unknown beyond Portugal's borders to this day. Now a new generation employs this medium to put into question hegemonic views on the economy, p...

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Main Author: Moura, Pedro (Independent scholar) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Leuven] : Leuven University Press., [2022]
Series:Studies in European comics and graphic novels ; 9.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Portugal's vibrant comics scene originated as early as the 19th century, bringing forth brilliant individual artists, but has remained mostly unknown beyond Portugal's borders to this day. Now a new generation employs this medium to put into question hegemonic views on the economy, politics, and society. Following the experience of the financial crisis of the past decades and its impact on social policies, access to and rules of public discourse, and civil strife, comics have questioned what constitutes a traumatogenic situation and what can act as a creative response. By looking at established graphic novels by Marco Mendes and Miguel Rocha, fanzine-level, and even experimental productions, 'Visualising Small Traumas' is the first English-language book that addresses Portuguese contemporary comics and investigates how trauma studies can both shed a light on comics making and be informed by that very same practice."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237).
ISBN:9789461664198
9461664192

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