Comics and Migration

Representation and Other Practices

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Contributor(s)
Kauranen, Ralf (editor)
Löytty, Olli (editor)
Nikkilä, Aura (editor)
Vuorinne, Anna (editor)
Language
English
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Abstract
comics, migration, comics studies, representation, applied uses of comics
URI
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/98669
Keywords
comics, migration, comics studies, representation, applied uses of comics; thema EDItEUR::X Graphic novels, Comic books, Manga, Cartoons::XA Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions::XAK American style / tradition comic books; thema EDItEUR::X Graphic novels, Comic books, Manga, Cartoons::XQ Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: genres::XQK Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Superheroes and super-villains; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
ISBN
9781032184579, 9781003254621, 9781032138503
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher website
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
Publication date and place
2023
Imprint
Routledge
Series
Global Perspectives in Comics Studies,

Chapters in this book

  • Chapter 1 Introduction
    Fresno-Calleja, Paloma; Teo, Hsu-Ming (2025)
    Romantic fiction has often involved stories of travel. In narratives of the journey towards love, "romance" often involves encounters with "exotic" places and peoples. When history is invoked in such stories, the past ...
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
    Vuorinne, Anna; Kauranen, Ralf (2023)
    This chapter introduces the broad theoretical approach of the volume while connecting it to previous research on comics and migration. The chapter demonstrates that while a crucial aspect of comics in relation to migration ...
  • Chapter 2 The long road to Almanya
    Kesper-Biermann, Sylvia (2023)
    This article argues that Amalia Alvarez’s comics album The Stories of Five Undocumented Women (2013), based on a collection of stories told by migrant women, and Daria Bogdanska’s autobiographical comics album Wage Slaves ...

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