Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-30680-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Global Perspectives in Comics Studies

Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives positions graphic storytelling at the intersection of ecocriticism, environmental justice, and Comics Studies. This volume argues that ecological catastrophe is not only a scientific or policy crisis but also a crisis of representation, set against the backdrop of climate change, biodiversity loss, and systemic environmental inequity.

While ecocriticism has expanded significantly, this volume largely focuses largely on canonical prose, overlooking the multimodal and spatial possibilities of graphic narratives. It critically engages with the Anthropocene, highlighting the deep connections between environmental degradation and colonialism, capitalism, caste oppression, and gendered exploitation. Through global case studies—including Indigenous resistance in Canada’s oil sands, Dalit environmental aesthetics in India, Japanese eco-dystopian manga, and urban human-animal reconfigurations—it explores how graphic narratives depict “slow violence,” express nonhuman agency, and challenge anthropocentric binaries.

Part of the Global Perspectives in Comics Studies series, this volume addresses the multilingual dimensions of the comics medium, often overlooked in ecocriticism, making it a valuable resource for scholars and enthusiasts alike. With its international scope, it will appeal to academics, students, activists, artists, educators, policy makers, and graphic novel enthusiasts exploring ecological issues, environmental justice, and the interdisciplinary potential of graphic narratives, particularly in regions where comics and graphic novels thrive.

Zielgruppe

General and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akçesme, Ifakat Banu

Atesci Koçak, Betül

Koçak, Kenan

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Nicht-Graphische Kunstformen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lists of figures. List of contributors. Series Preface. Introduction 1. Ecological Art Practice and Cultural Ecology in/of Bhimayana: Incidents in the Life of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (2011) 2. Postcolonial Ecocriticism in Joe Sacco’s Paying the Land  3. Ecology & Memory – Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä and Gébé’s L’an 01 as case studies 4. An Ecofeminist Analysis of Kate Beaton’s Ducks 5. Humanised Environments for Dehumanised Humans in Yuichi Yokoyama’s Travel 6. Unsettling the Space: Spatiality and Human/Animal Dualism in Shaun Tan’s Tales from the Inner City (2018) 7. “The Green is Dying”: A Study of Ecological Dystopia in Appupen’s Graphic Novel, The Snake and The Lotus 8. To See a World in a Drop of Water: Children of the Sea and a Biosemiotic Narrative of Affective Attunement. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Banu Akçesme is associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Erciyes University, Kayseri. She received her BA in English Language Teaching from Dokuz Eylul University (2000), her MA in English Language and Literature from Erciyes University (2003). She completed her PhD in English Literature at METU in 2010. She currently serves as a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Letters, Erciyes University, Türkiye. Her research interests include modern and postmodern fiction, feminism, gender studies and ecocriticism.

Betül Atesci Koçak earned her B.A. in American Culture and Literature from Istanbul University in 2006. She subsequently completed her M.A. and Ph.D. in Advanced English Studies: Languages and Cultures in Contact at the University of Salamanca, Spain. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Letters, Erciyes University, Türkiye. Her research interests include women’s studies, American literature, migration studies, and film studies.

Kenan Koçak completed his BA in English Language and Literature at Ankara University in 2007. He earned his MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Culture, and Thought from the University of Sussex in 2010, followed by a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Glasgow in 2015. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Erciyes University. His research interests include comics and visual narratives, travel writing, and Turkish cultural and visual history.