Drawing on Religion : : Reading and the Moral Imagination in Comics and Graphic Novels / / Ken Koltun-Fromm.
Comics traffic in stereotypes, which can translate into real danger, as was the case when, in 2015, two Muslim gunmen opened fire at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, which had published depictions of Islam and Muhammad perceived by many to be blasphemous. As a response to that tragedy, Ken Koltun-Fromm...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 38 color/39 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Ethics of Representation
- 1. Stereotypes and the Moral Challenges of Aesthetic Narration
- 2. The Ethics of Scriptural Play Gender, Race, and Moral Sources
- 3. Imagining (Superhero) Identity
- 4. The Nativist Imagination in Religious Comic Stories
- 5. Graphic Violence and the Religious Self
- Conclusion The Ethics of Lingering
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index