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Growing up graphic : the comics of children in crisis / Alison Halsall.

"Considers graphic narratives for and about children to interrogate how these narratives contest images of childhood victimization and helplessness and present young people as social actors who attempt to make sense of the challenges that affect them"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halsall, Alison (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2023]
Series:Studies in comics and cartoons.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Comic books and children.
Children's literature > History and criticism.
Children in comics.
Comic books, strips, etc. > Social aspects.
Bandes dessinées et enfants.
Littérature et société.
Children in literature.
Children's literature.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Literature and society.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Comics criticism.
Critiques de bandes dessinées et de romans graphiques.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Comics as children's literature
  • The use of childhood in war
  • Youthful experiences of immigration, migration, and diaspora
  • Indigeneity and resurgence in Canadian comics
  • Space and orientation in LGBTQ+ graphic narratives
  • Young people and/in graphic medicine
  • Conclusion: Comics and the COVID crisis.

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