Del i serien Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Comics as a Nexus of Cultures

Essays on the Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

AvMark Berninger,Jochen Ecke,Gideon Haberkorn

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These essays from various critical disciplines examine how comic books and graphic narratives move between various media, while merging youth and adult cultures and popular and high art. The articles feature international perspectives on comics and graphic novels published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, India, and Japan. Topics range from film adaptation, to journalism in comics, to the current manga boom.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-04-20
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Antal sidor308
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786439874

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Mark Berninger teaches in the department of English at Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, Germany. He has published widely on contemporary drama and comics. Jochen Ecke is a lecturer at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. He has published extensively on popular culture, particularly U.S. and British mainstream comic books. Gideon Haberkorn is in the department of English and Linguistics British Studies at Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat in Mainz, Germany. He has published a number of articles on popular culture topics.

Table of ContentsIntroduction INTERMEDIAL1. Spatializing the Movie Screen: How Mainstream Cinema Is Catching Up on the Formal Potentialities of the Comic Book Page Jochen Ecke2. The Marvel Universe on Screen: A New Wave of Superhero Movies? Andreas Rauscher3. From Trauma Victim to Terrorist: Redefining Superheroes in Post–9/11 Hollywood Dan A. Hassler-Forest4. “Picture This”: Disease and Autobiographic Narration in the Graphic Novels of David B and Julie Doucet Jonas Engelmann5. Novel-Based Comics Paul Ferstl6. In the Art of the Beholder: Comics as Political Journalism Dirk VanderbekeINTERNATIONAL7. The Carrefour of Practice: Québec BD in Transition Michel Hardy-Vallée8. The Use of Allusion in Apitz and Kunkel’s Karl Comics Sandra Martina Schwab9. Cultural Specifics of a Scottish Comic: Oor Wullie Anne Hoyer10. Memento Mori: A Portuguese Style of Melancholy Mario Gomes and Jan Peuckert11. Otherness and the European as Villain and Antihero in American Comics Georg Drennig12. 2000AD: Understanding the “British Invasion” of American Comics Ben Little13. Whatever Happened to All the Heroes? British Perspectives on Superheroes Karin Kukkonen and Anja Müller-Wood14. A Cornerstone of Turkish Fantastic Films: From Flash Gordon to Baytekin Meral Özçınar15. From Capes to Snakes: The Indianization of the American Superhero Suchitra Mathur16. The Roving Eye Meets Traveling Pictures: The Field of Vision and the Global Rise of Adult Manga Holger Briel17. Kawaii vs. Rorikon: The Reinvention of the Term Lolita in Modern Japanese Manga Dinah Zank18. Mangascape Germany: Comics as Intercultural Neutral Ground Paul M. MaloneINTERDISCIPLINARY19. Workshop I: Toward a Toolbox of Comics Studies Karin Kukkonen and Gideon Haberkorn20. Workshop II: Comics in School Mark Berninger21. Workshop III: Teaching Comics and Literary Studies—Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess’ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Mark Berninger22. Workshop IV: Teaching Comics and Film Studies—Ang Lee’s The Hulk (USA 2003) Andreas Rauscher23. Comic Linguistics: Comics and Cartoons in Academic Teaching Christina SanchezAbout the Contributors Index