This volume explores comics as examples of moral outrage in the face of a reality in which precariousness has become an inherent part of young lives. Taking a thematic approach, the chapters devote attention to the expression and representation of precarious subjectivities, as well as to the economic and professional precarity that characterizes comics creation and production. An international team of authors, young and senior systematically examines the representation of precarious youth in graphic fiction and autobiographic comics, superheroes and precarity, market issues and spaces of activism and vulnerability. With this structure, the book offers a global perspective and comprehensive coverage of different aspects of a complex and multifaceted field of knowledge, with a special attention to minorities and liminal subjects. The comics analyzed function as examples of "ethical solicitation" that bear witness of the precarious existence younger generations endure, while at the same time creating images that voice their outrage and might move readers to act. This timely and truly interdisciplinary volume will appeal to comics scholars and researchers in the areas of media and cultural studies, modern languages, education, art and design, communication studies, sociology, medical humanities and more.
| ISBN: | 9781032123592 |
| Publication date: | 26th September 2022 |
| Author: | María Porras Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Sánchez |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 270 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Comics Studies |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Media studies Economic theory and philosophy Philosophy and theory of education Politics and government Social and political philosophy Sociology Graphical and digital media applications Popular culture Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |