Visualising Small Traumas : Contemporary Portuguese Comics at the Intersection of Everyday Trauma Paperback / softback
by Pedro Moura
Part of the Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Leuven University Press
- Publication Date:10/03/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9789462703032
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Leuven University Press
- Publication Date:10/03/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9789462703032
