Black women in sequence
Subtitle: re-inking comics, graphic novels, and anime
By: Deborah Elizabeth Whaley
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780295994956; 9780295994963
Subjects: African American women in literature; Graphic novels; Africans in literature; History and criticism; Women in literature; Comic books, strips
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Re-inking the nation: Jackie Ormes's black cultural front comics; title: Black cat got your tongue? Catwoman, blackness, and postracialism; title: African goddesses, mixed-race wonders, and baadasssss women: black women as "signs" of Africa in US comics; title: Anime dreams for African girls: Nadia: the secret of blue water; title: Where I'm coming from: black female artists and postmodern comix; title: Conclusion: Comic book divas and the making of sequential subjects.