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Book SynopsisCultures of War in Graphic Novels examines the representation of small-scale and often less acknowledged conflicts from around the world and throughout history in graphic novels. The book explores the multi-layered relation between the graphic novel as a popular medium and war as a pivotal recurring experience in human history.
Trade Review"What makes this collection exciting and groundbreaking is its eagerness to look beyond familiar works devoted to familiar conflicts. The result is a refreshingly non-USA-centric survey of the graphic novel medium and its engagement with trauma and collective memory." -- Steven Trout * coeditor of War+Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway's Early Life and Writings *
Spotlight of
Cultures of War in Graphic Novels on The War and Media * The War and Media *
"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *
"Highly recommended." * Choice *
"A thought-provoking work about the nature of war, memory, culture, and the ways we tell those stories." * H-Net *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Tatiana Prorokova and Nimrod Tal
Part I: Representations
Chapter 1: “A Clash of Arms to Be Eternally Remembered”: War, Chivalry, and the Hundred Years War in Le Trône d'Argile and Crécy
Iain A. MacInnes
Chapter 2: Graphic Narrative and the War on Terror
Kenton Worcester
Chapter 3: What Is War in the Bosnian Graphic Novel
Emir Pasanovic
Part II: Non-Combatants’ Experiences
Chapter 4: “The Sky Is Darkened by Gods”: Spirituality, Strength, and Violence in Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers and Saints
Harriet E.H. Earle
Chapter 5: Unseen Scars: Recalling Traumatic Moments in Individuals with PTSD in War Brothers
James Kelley
Chapter 6: Nat Turner, Slave Revolts, and Child-Killing in US Graphic Novels
Joe Lockard
Chapter 7: Sinne Fianna Fáil: Women, Irish Rebellions, and the Graphic Novels of Gerry Hunt
Christina M. Knopf
Chapter 8: “The Children Internalize the Meaning of the Occupation”: Growing Up under Israeli Occupation and a Culture of Resistance in Joe Sacco’s Palestine
Peter C. Valenti
Part III: Memories
Chapter 9: The Malvinas War in Argentine Memory: Graphic Representations of Defeat and Nationalism, 1982-2015
Silvia G. Kurlat Ares
Chapter 10: The Haunting Power of War: Remembering the Rwandan Genocide in 99 Days
Tatiana Prorokova
Chapter 11: Blogging in Times of War: The July 2006 War in Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj Imaging the Unimaginable
Yasmine Nachabe Taan
Notes on Contributors
Index
