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The
Jewish Graphic Novel
Price: $29.95
First Paperback Edition
Subtitle:Critical Approaches
Edited by
Samantha Baskind and Ranen Omer-Sherman
Subject: Sociology
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4775-6
Pages:
328 pages
Publication Date: April 2010
Praise:
“The Jewish Graphic Novel is a pivotal work of sequential art scholarship: the 16 essays in this volume provide an excellent introduction to an understanding of Jewish experience and culture through the lens of comics. Baskind and Omer-Sherman have produced an original collection of articles that provide new insights into the history and culture of the graphic novel, its writers, and artists.”
—Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 2/15/11
"The Jewish Graphic Novel is evidence of a growing body of Jewish graphic works and the profound discussions they raise."
—Jewish Book World
"The graphic novel is a vital and emerging
genre, and this is the only book that focuses on its relation to Jewish
culture, literature, and history. A highly readable and
informative collection that will be of great interest to readers across
a wide range of disciplines."
—Deborah R. Geis, editor of Considering MAUS: Approaches to Art
Spiegelman's "Survivor's Tale" of the Holocaust
"The People of the Book—the epithet is no longer sufficient. More
appropriate: The People of the Book and the Image. Samantha Baskind and
Ranen Omer-Sherman, leading a cadre of exegetes, explain what makes the
combination."
—Ilan Stavans, author of Mr.
Spic Goes to Washington
"Will Eisner coined the term “Graphic Novel” in 1976 for A Contract
with God, his account of the Jewish Diaspora experience. It has since
become the label for complex illustrated texts - some fiction, some
non-fiction; most a striking mix of both. The growth of the “Graphic
Novel” also tracks with the rise of a post-modern, global Jewish
culture in the later 20th century. The Jewish Graphic Novel is thus
both a history of the genre as well as a history of its particular
place in the growing, self-conscious world of contemporary Jewish
self-representation. A brilliant and original book!"
—Sander L. Gilman,
Author, Multiculturalism and the Jews
"Few attempts have been made to publish an anthology of academic essays
on Jewish graphic novels. The Jewish Graphic Novel is a wonderful
attempt to fill this void. The collection brings together four essays
on specific books, five essays comparing pairs of graphic narratives,
two overviews, two cartoonist interviews, an in-depth look at a Jewish
comic book character, and an illustrated essay about Jewish
biographical comix. Highly recommended for public, academic, and high
school libraries, particularly those that already have significant
Judaica graphic novel collections."
—Association of Jewish Libraries
Newsletter
Description:
In the 1970s and 1980s Jewish cartoonists
such as Will Eisner were some of the first artists to use the graphic
novel as a way to explore their ethnicity. Although similar to their
pop culture counterpart, the comic book, graphic novels presented
weightier subject matter in more expensive packaging, which appealed to
an adult audience and gained them credibility as a genre.
The Jewish
Graphic Novel is a lively, interdisciplinary collection of
essays that addresses critically acclaimed works in this subgenre of
Jewish literary and artistic culture. Featuring insightful discussions
of notable figures in the industry—such as Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman,
and Joann Sfar—the essays focus on the how graphic novels are
increasingly being used in Holocaust memoir and fiction, and to portray
Jewish identity in America and abroad.
Featuring more than 85 illustrations, this collection is a compelling
representation of a major postmodern ethnic and artistic achievement.
About the Author:
Samantha
Baskind is an associate professor of art history at Cleveland
State University. She is the author of Raphael Soyer and the Search for Modern
Jewish Art.
Ranen
Omer-Sherman is Gabelli Senior Scholar of Arts and Sciences and
an associate professor of English at the University of Miami. He is the
author of Israel in Exile: Jewish
Writing and the Desert.
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