An accessible guide to the central concepts and issues that inform Comics Studies, this book summarizes, explains, contextualizes, and assesses key critical concepts, perspectives, developments, and debates in the field.
At once comprehensive in coverage and specific in examples analyzed, the entries provide an essential overview of the key concepts in the field of Comics Studies, as shaped by historical, social, cultural, regional, and global contexts. The 22 concepts covered include:
Fully cross-referenced and complete with suggestions for further reading and a glossary, Comics Studies: The Key Concepts is an essential guide for students of media and cultural studies, art and visual culture, gender and women's studies, and literature who are studying comics and graphic novels.
| ISBN: | 9780367196875 |
| Publication date: | 19th March 2026 |
| Author: | Frederick Luis Aldama |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 430 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Key Guides |
| Genres: |
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Reference, guides and reviews Comic book and cartoon artwork Media studies |
An accessible guide to the central concepts and issues that inform Comics Studies, this book summarizes, explains, contextualizes, and assesses key critical concepts, perspectives, developments, and debates in the field.At once comprehensive in coverage and specific in examples analyzed, the entries provide an essential overview of the key concepts in the field of Comics Studies, as shaped by historical, social, cultural, regional, and global contexts. The 22 concepts covered include: Adaptation Aesthetics Animals Architecture Autobiography Censorship Convergence Empire Feminism History Indigeneity Intersectionality Language LGBTQ Memoir Mind/Bodies Race Regionalism Sacred Social Movements Speculative Youth Fully cross-referenced and complete with suggestions for further reading and a glossary, Comics Studies: The Key Concepts is an essential guide for students of media and cultural studies, art and visual culture, gender and women's studies, and literature who are studying comics and graphic novels.
Comics Studies features in the following genres: Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Reference, guides and reviews, Comic book and cartoon artwork, Media studies
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Comics Studies was written by Frederick Luis Aldama and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Comics Studies has 430 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Key Guides series
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