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The Power of Comics - History, Form, and Culture Paperback Book 2nd Edition 2016
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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- The Power of Comics : History, Form, and Culture Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781472535702
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1472535707
ISBN-13
9781472535702
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201673756
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Power of Comics : History, Form, and Culture
Publication Year
2015
Subject
General, Comics & Graphic Novels
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
Randy Duncan, Matthew Smith, and Paul Levitz have delivered an outstanding and much-needed volume that should be required reading in any of the growing number of comics studies classes in academia today. The Power of Comics provides historical, cultural, and literary approaches that will not only deepen students' understanding of this medium but help them develop the critical tools required to engage meaningfully with a host of other subjects and issues. Highly recommended., The Power of Comics provides a solid introduction to comics with a distinct educational perspective that will hopefully become a standard text for students to expand their awareness of comics in our culture." David A. Beronä, The International Journal of Comic Art "The Power of Comics represents a major step forward in popular-culture scholarship . . . it's a splendid, wonderfully structured, intelligently argued, absolutely essential work., Other studies have offered chapters which focus on readers and audiences amongst a range of other themes. A notable example is Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith (2009) The Power of Comics: History, Form & Culture which is an excellent teaching resource., The Power of Comics provides a solid introduction to comics with a distinct educational perspective that will hopefully become a standard text for students to expand their awareness of comics in our culture., The influences of mass-communication scholarship areevident in this textbook's organization, featured topics, and student-orienteddiscussion questions and activities... It covers definitions, history, industry,creators, development of stories, readers, genres, ideology, research, andinternational comics... The authors go out of their way to make the book studentfriendly: they state the objects of each chapter, highlight significantterminology, list important points, and provide vignettes of incidentalinformation... [T]his book works serves well as the first full-scale text on US comic books and will also be useful in a library setting. Summing up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates,graduate students., As a textbook, it succeeds in content, scope, and execution. The chapters are well laid out, have thoughtful questions at their ends, and several chapters end with very practical examples of analysis that serve as models for students. Chapters also reference a broad range of experts . . . which further validates breadth and depth of this growing scholarship. . . . Overall . . . the book-including the theory chapters-is reasonably good for a 'first textbook on comics,' and I would imagine it will fast become a standard text for those sorts of classes, The Power of Comics represents a major step forward in popular-culture scholarship . . . it's a splendid, wonderfully structured, intelligently argued, absolutely essential work., At a time when there are an expanding number of college classes focused on comics and graphic storytelling, The Power of Comics , newly updated and enhanced, remains a core textbook, one which deals with comics as an industrial product, as an aesthetic form, as a system of genres, and as a cultural phenomenon, one which is equally encompassing in terms of the range of different kinds of comics discussed, equally at home dealing with superhero sagas, underground comics, and manga (not to mention examples from across comic's history and around the world.) This is one of the rare textbooks which also makes original scholarly contributions, providing rich insider insights into how comics publishing works, and refining our vocabulary for visual and narrative analysis., Their chapter topics, overall approach, and extensive use of scholarship and academic jargon broken down into layman's terms really do allow for neophyte and fanboy alike to fully understand the 'power of comics.' Indeed, instructors looking to venture into the world of comics or think about pedagogical approaches to using comics in any type of classroom would do well to make personal use of this book.
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
741.59
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: History of Comic Books, Part I: Developing a Medium Chapter 2: History of Comic Books, Part II: The Maturation of a Medium Chapter 3: History of Comic Books, Part III: The Diversification of a Medium Chapter 4: Creating the Story Chapter 5: Experiencing the Story Chapter 6: Comic Book Genres: Classifying Comics Chapter 7: Comic Book Genres: The Superhero Chapter 8: Comic Book Genres: The Memoir Chapter 9: The Business of Comic Books Chapter 10: The Comic Book Readers Chapter 11: Exploring Meanings in Comic Book Texts Chapter 12: Comics Culture Around the World Glossary Bibliography
Synopsis
Fully revised and updated for its second edition, The Power of Comics remains the most authoritative available introduction to comic books and graphic novels - the history of the medium, it's many forms and manifestations and their place in contemporary culture...The new edition includes:..- An expanded historical section bringing the story of comic books up to the present and covering the rise of the graphic novel and the advent of digital comics - A new chapter on Comic Book Memoirs and a thoroughly revised chapter on the superhero genre - A new chapter - 'Exploring Meaning in Coming Book Texts' - introduces students to the theoretical tools they need to read comics critically - Study objectives, discussion points, activities and annotated further reading guides in each chapter, helping students master the topics covered..Illustrated throughout, with an extensive glossary of key terms, The Power of Comics also includes further updated resources available online at www.powerofcomics.com, including additional essays, weblinks and sample syllabi., Fully revised and updated for its second edition, The Power of Comics remains the most authoritative introduction to comic books and graphic novels - the history of the medium, its many forms and manifestations and their place in contemporary culture. The new edition includes: An expanded historical section bringing the story of comic books up to the present and covering the rise of the graphic novel and the advent of digital comics A new chapter on the memoir genre and a thoroughly revised chapter on the superhero genre A revised chapter - "Exploring Meanings in Comic Book Texts" - introduces students to the theoretical tools they need to read comics critically Study objectives, discussion points, activities and annotated further reading guides in each chapter, helping students master the topics covered Illustrated throughout, with an extensive glossary of key terms, The Power of Comics also includes further updated resources available online at www.powerofcomics.com, including additional essays, weblinks and sample syllabi.
LC Classification Number
PN6710.S57 2014
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