Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 437 g
Reihe: Great Comics Artists Series
War, Love, and Secrets
Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 437 g
Reihe: Great Comics Artists Series
ISBN: 978-1-4968-2183-6
Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
The Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets conducts a close reading of her work and examines her role in creating a comics arts scene in Israel. Drawing upon archival research, Kevin Haworth traces the history of Israeli comics from its beginning as 1930s cheap children's stories, through the counterculture movement of the 1970s, to the burst of creativity that began in the 1990s and continues full force today.
Based on new interviews with Modan (b. 1966) and other comics artists, Haworth indicates the key role of Actus Tragicus, the collective that changed Israeli comics forever and launched her career. Haworth shows how Modan's work grew from experimental mini-comics to critically acclaimed graphic novels, delving into the creative process behind Exit Wounds and The Property. He analyzes how the recurring themes of family secrets and absence weave through her stories, and how she adapts the famous clear line illustration style to her morally complex tales.
Though still relatively young, Modan has produced a remarkably varied oeuvre. Identifying influences from the United States and Europe, Haworth illustrates how Modan's work is global in its appeal, even as it forms a core of the thriving Israeli cultural scene.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Design Typographie, Illustrationskunst, Werbegraphik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien