War comics : a postcolonial perspective / Jeanne-Marie Viljoen.
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TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2020Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781003081364 (electronic bk); 1003081363 (electronic bk); 9781000163438; 1000163431; 9781000163391; 1000163393; 9781000163353; 1000163350Subject(s): Documentary comic books, strips, etc -- History and criticism | Documentary films -- History and criticism | Animated films -- History and critcism | War in literature | Violence in literature | Psychic trauma in literature | Arab-Israeli conflict -- Literature and the conflictDDC classification: 070.1 LOC classification: PN6714 | .V55 2020Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Introduction: towards a postcolonial understanding of violence -- Graphic narratives, bringing the ineffable into the frame -- 'Dark' writing the Khan Younis massacre -- 'Dark' writing the Sabra and Shatila massacre -- 'Dark' writing violent experiences in new aesthetic forms -- Summary -- Why this book matters.
"This book focuses on non-fictional, visual narratives (including comics; graphic narratives; animated documentaries and online, interactive documentaries) that attempt to represent violent experiences, primarily in the Levant"--
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