Overview
- Uses an interdisciplinary lens at the nexus between Comics Studies and Memory Studies
- Argues that autobiographical comics about fatherhood hold a unique position for the graphic representation of oneself as other, and thus tests the limits of both the vocabulary of comics and (auto)biographical representation
- Covers a wide range of comics, from the work of much-discussed cartoonists (such as Alison Bechdel or Robert Crumb) to artists whose work has not yet received sufficient critical attention (such as Carol Tyler or Joe Ollmann)
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels (PSCGN)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“The Graphic Lives of Fathersis an important addition to scholarship on recent autobiographical comics. Precup is an insightful reader, attentive to visual details, and her discussion of the photographs and silhouettes that inhabit many of the works ties beautifully to her focus on representations of the self. … In creating this astute gender analysis of twenty-first century autobiographical comics, Mihaela Precup makes a valuable addition to this vibrant field.” (Carolyn Kyler, Biography, Vol. 43 (4), 2020)
“This book makes a high-quality and original contribution to the field…Mihaela Precup demonstrates a superb grasp of the scholarship in the fields of Comics Studies and autobiography studies and related areas, and the works analyzed combine widely studied examples such as Fun Home with less well discussed works such as the comics of Joe Ollmann. …Her close readings are selective and analytical, adding both depth and context to the works under discussion.”
--Ian Hague, Contextual and Theoretical Studies Coordinator, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Mihaela Precup is Associate Professor in the American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest, where she teaches American visual and popular culture, as well as contemporary American literature and comics studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Graphic Lives of Fathers
Book Subtitle: Memory, Representation, and Fatherhood in North American Autobiographical Comics
Authors: Mihaela Precup
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36218-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36217-1Published: 22 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36220-1Published: 22 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36218-8Published: 21 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-6370
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 244
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Media and Communication, American Culture, Contemporary Literature