Ravage (Ravaged World Trilogy, #2) by Iain Rob Wright

Her main area of interest is identity how it is theorised and presented as well as its negotiations and diverseness (thus far having mainly focused on African female identity). She did her MA in gender studies and diversity at the University of Bradford.

Carolene Ayaka has a doctorate in social policy from the University of Chichester.

Taking a truly international perspective, the book brings into dialogue a broad range of comics traditions. Discussion themes include education, countercultures, monstrosity, the notion of the “other,” anthropomorphism and colonialism. Latino culture and Canada and consider the ways in which comics are able to represent multiculturalism through a focus on the formal elements of the medium. Contributors engage with ethnicity and other cultural forms from Israel, Romania, North America, South Africa, Spain, U.S. This book presents a wide-ranging survey of the ways in which comics have dealt with the diversity of creators and characters and the (lack of) visibility for characters who don’t conform to particular cultural stereotypes. Citation previewĭownloaded by at 07:14 Downloaded by at 07:14 Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels Multiculturalism, and its representation, has long presented challenges for the medium of comics. 15 Tulips and Roses in a Global Garden: Speaking Local Identities in Persepolis and Tekkon Kinkreet. 14 They All Look Alike? Representations of East Asian Americans in Adrian Tomine’s Shortcomings and Scenes from an Impending Marriage. 13 The Lower East Side as Mishmash of Jewish Women’s Multicultural Images in Leela Corman’s Unterzakhn. 12 An Innocent at Home: Scott Pilgrim and His Canadian Multicultural Contexts. 11 Embracing Childish Perspective: Rutu Modan’s A Royal Banquet with the Queen. 10 Narrative Exploration against Mentality Issues: Indirect Education for Multiculturalism in Tintin. 9 Set Pieces: Cultural Appropriation and the Search for Contemporary Identities in Shōnen Manga. 8 Colonialist Heroes and Monstrous Others: Stereotype and Narrative Form in British Adventure Comic Books. 7 The Monster Within and Without: Spanish Comics, Monstrosity, Religion, and Alterity. 6 The Image of the Foreigner in Historical Romanian Comics under Ceauşescu’s Dictatorship. 5 “Badgers? We don’t need no steenkin’ badgers!” Talbot’s Grandville, Anthropomorphism and Multiculturalism. 4 Recognition and Resemblance: Facture, Imagination and Ideology in Depictions of Cultural and National Difference. 3 The Presidential Penis: Questions of Race and Representation in South African Comic and Satirical Art. 2 The Impact of Latino Identities and the Humanizing of Multiculturalism in Love and Rockets. 1 Multiculturalism Meets the Counterculture: Representing Racial Difference in Robert Crumb’s Underground Comix. Introduction: Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels.

Ravage (Ravaged World Trilogy, #2) by Iain Rob Wright