{"product_id":"comics-trauma-and-the-new-art-of-war-hardcover","title":"Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarriet E. H. Earle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both different from and complementary to literature and film. In \u003cem\u003eComics, Trauma, and the New Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e, Harriet E. H. Earle brings together two distinct areas of research--trauma studies and comics studies--to provide a new interpretation of a long-standing theme. Focusing on representations of conflict in American comics after the Vietnam War, Earle claims that the comics form is uniquely able to show traumatic experience by representing events as viscerally as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing texts from across the form and placing mainstream superhero comics alongside alternative and art comics, Earle suggests that comics are the ideal artistic representation of trauma. Because comics bridge the gap between the visual and the written, they represent such complicated narratives as loss and trauma in unique ways, particularly through the manipulation of time and experience. Comics can fold time and confront traumatic events, be they personal or shared, through a myriad of both literary and visual devices. As a result, comics can represent trauma in ways that are unavailable to other narrative and artistic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith themes such as dreams and mourning, Earle concentrates on trauma in American comics after the Vietnam War. Examples include Alissa Torres's \u003cem\u003eAmerican Widow\u003c\/em\u003e, Doug Murray's \u003cem\u003eThe 'Nam\u003c\/em\u003e, and Art Spiegelman's much-lauded \u003cem\u003eMaus\u003c\/em\u003e. These works pair with ideas from a wide range of thinkers, including Sigmund Freud, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Fredric Jameson, as well as contemporary trauma theory and clinical psychology. Through these examples and others, \u003cem\u003eComics, Trauma, and the New Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e proves that comics open up new avenues to explore personal and public trauma in extraordinary, necessary ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarriet E. H. Earle\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer and researcher in American comics and popular culture. She holds a PhD in American comics from Keele University in the United Kingdom. She has published in such journals as the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm International\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eComics Grid\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Graphic Novels and Comics\u003c\/i\u003e. Earle is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eComics Forum\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336832598265,"sku":"9781496812469","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aMsxDkISlv9781496812469.webp?v=1769671358","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/comics-trauma-and-the-new-art-of-war-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}