Philosophy of comics : an introduction
Sam Cowling
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
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| Omfang | x, 360 sider : illustrasjoner, figurer
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- Part I: Foundational questions -- 1. What are Comics? -- Truth, Justice, and Comics -- Arguing about Comics -- Theories, Virtues, and Comics -- Defining Comics, Dodging Counterexamples -- What Good are Definitions? -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- 2 -- Are Comics Literature or Junk? -- The Nature and Value of Literature -- The Nature and Value of Junk Fiction -- Neither? Both? -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- Part II: Metaphysical questions -- 3. Where are Comics? -- Types, Tokens, Issues -- Comics and Counterparts -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- 4. What is Comics Canon? -- Truth and Authorship in Comics -- Truth in Fiction -- Interpretation -- Canonicity -- Ret-Conning -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- 5. What are Comics Characters? -- Creation Myths -- Discovering Darkseid -- The Destruction Problem -- Will the Real Robin Please Stand Up? -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- 6. What are Adaptations? -- Comics, Films, and Comics on Film -- Comics and Adaptations -- Medium-Specificity? -- The Metaphysics of Stories -- Evaluating Adaptations -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- Part III: Questions of genre, evaluation, and ethics -- 7. What are Genres? -- A Case Study in Horror -- The Role of Genre in Comics -- Horror and its Comic History -- Monsters and Mystery -- Censorship and Moral Decay -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- 8. Superheroes: Right or Wrong? -- Superhero Comics -- Representation -- Defying Expectations: The Superhero Genre -- Bruce, Clark, Barry: The White Male Superhero -- T'Challa and Kamala: Diversifying Genre -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions.; Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- 9. What are The Limits of Comics? -- Obscenity and Pornography -- Pornography and Comics: A Brief History -- Fun Home vs. Duke Freshman: A Protest -- Identifying the Obscene -- Art vs. Pornography -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- Recommended Readings -- Glossary -- Index.. - "What exactly are comics? Can they be art, literature, or even pornography? How should we understand the characters, stories, and genres that shape them? Thinking about comics raises a bewildering range of questions about representation, narrative, and value. Philosophy of Comics is an introduction to these philosophical questions. In exploring the history and variety of the comics medium, Sam Cowling and Wesley D. Cray chart a path through the emerging field of the philosophy of comics. Drawing from a diverse range of forms and genres and informed by case studies of classic comics such as Watchmen, Tales from the Crypt, and Fun Home, Cowling and Cray explore ethical, aesthetic, and ontological puzzles, including: - What does it take to create-or destroy-a fictional character like Superman? - Can all comics be adapted into films, or are some comics impossible to adapt? - Is there really a genre of "superhero comics"? - When are comics obscene, pornographic, and why does it matter? At a time of rapidly growing interest in graphic storytelling, this is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of comics and some of its most central and puzzling questions"
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| ISBN | 9781350098442 : £60.00. - 9781350098459. - £17.99
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| ISBN(galt) | 9781350098466 (PDF ebook) :
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