The horror of the Holocaust lies not only in its brutality but in its scale and logistics; it depended upon the machinery and logic of a rational, industrialised, and empirically organised modern society. The central thesis of this book is that Art Spiegelman’s comics all identify deeply-rooted madness in post-Enlightenment society. Spiegelman maintains, in other words, that the Holocaust was not an aberration, but an inevitable consequence of modernisation. In service of this argument, Smith offers a reading of Spiegelman’s comics, with a particular focus on his three main collections: Breakdowns (1977 and 2008), Maus (1980 and 1991), and In the Shadow of No Towers (2004). He draws upon a taxonomy of terms from comic book scholarship, attempts to theorize madness (including literary portrayals of trauma), and critical works on Holocaust literature.
| ISBN: | 9780815386476 |
| Publication date: | 3rd January 2018 |
| Author: | Philip Loughborough University, UK Smith |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Comics Studies |
| Genres: |
Media studies American style / tradition comic books The Holocaust Cultural studies Popular culture The Holocaust Second World War Social and cultural history |
The horror of the Holocaust lies not only in its brutality but in its scale and logistics; it depended upon the machinery and logic of a rational, industrialised, and empirically organised modern society. The central thesis of this book is that Art Spiegelman’s comics all identify deeply-rooted madness in post-Enlightenment society. Spiegelman maintains, in other words, that the Holocaust was not an aberration, but an inevitable consequence of modernisation. In service of this argument, Smith offers a reading of Spiegelman’s comics, with a particular focus on his three main collections: Breakdowns (1977 and 2008), Maus (1980 and 1991), and In the Shadow of No Towers (2004). He draws upon a taxonomy of terms from comic book scholarship, attempts to theorize madness (including literary portrayals of trauma), and critical works on Holocaust literature.
Reading Art Spiegelman features in the following genres: Media studies, American style / tradition comic books, The Holocaust, Cultural studies, Popular culture, The Holocaust, Second World War, Social and cultural history
Reading Art Spiegelman is available in Paperback, Hardback
Reading Art Spiegelman was written by Philip Loughborough University, UK Smith and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Inc
Reading Art Spiegelman has 160 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Comics Studies series
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