Comics, the Holocaust and Hiroshima [electronic resource] /
Chapman, Jane L.author.
Ellin, Dan.author.
Sherif, Adam.author.
Comics, the Holocaust and Hiroshima breaks new ground for history by exploring the relationship between comics as a cultural record, historiography, memory and trauma studies. Comics have a dual role as sources: for gauging awareness of the Holocaust and through close analysis, as testimonies and narratives of childhood emotions and experiences.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comics, the Holocaust and Hiroshima breaks new ground for history by exploring the relationship between comics as a cultural record, historiography, memory and trauma studies. Comics have a dual role as sources: for gauging awareness of the Holocaust and through close analysis, as testimonies and narratives of childhood emotions and experiences.
Case study : National Socialist persecution and genocide in contemporary U.S. comic books -- Childhood memories of the Holocaust and Vichy -- Barefoot Gen and Hiroshima : comic strip narratives of trauma.
World War, 1939-1945.
Civilization-History.
World history.
History, Modern.
Military history.
Graphic design.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
Cultural History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Modern History.
History of Military.
Graphic Design.