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Black Comics
Contributor(s): Howard, Sheena C. (Editor), Jackson II, Ronald L. (Editor)
ISBN: 1441135286     ISBN-13: 9781441135285
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $36.58  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
Dewey: 741.597
LCCN: 2012039414
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
 
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Winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Award for Best Scholarly/Academic Work.

Bringing together contributors from a wide-range of critical perspectives, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation is an analytic history of the diverse contributions of Black artists to the medium of comics. Covering comic books, superhero comics, graphic novels and cartoon strips from the early 20th century to the present, the book explores the ways in which Black comic artists have grappled with such themes as the Black experience, gender identity, politics and social media.

Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation introduces students to such key texts as:
The work of Jackie Ormes
Black women superheroes from Vixen to Black Panther
Aaron McGruder's strip The Boondocks