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Drawing on Religion : Reading and the Moral Imagination in Comics and Graphic Novels /

Comics traffic in stereotypes, which can translate into real danger, as was the case when, in 2015, two Muslim gunmen opened fire at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, which had published depictions of Islam and Muhammad perceived by many to be blasphemous. As a response to that tragedy, Ken Koltun-Fromm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Koltun-Fromm, Ken (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction The Ethics of Representation
  • 1. Stereotypes and the Moral Challenges of Aesthetic Narration
  • 2. The Ethics of Scriptural Play Gender, Race, and Moral Sources
  • 3. Imagining (Superhero) Identity
  • 4. The Nativist Imagination in Religious Comic Stories
  • 5. Graphic Violence and the Religious Self
  • Conclusion The Ethics of Lingering
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index