{"product_id":"comics-and-catharsis-exploring-graphic-narratives-of-trauma-and-healing-hardback-9781496858931","title":"Comics and Catharsis; Exploring Graphic Narratives of Trauma and Healing (Hardback) 9781496858931","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComics and Catharsis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExploring Graphic Narratives of Trauma and Healing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJordan Tronsgard (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496858931\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages, 52 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eComics and Catharsis\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely book that adds to writings on health-related trauma, largely work in mental health and sexual violence, and the horrors of war. With a global focus that moves beyond the typical comics canon, this book encourages a broader reading of trauma and the potential for healing across generational, national, and communal traumas.\" - Matthew Noe, lead collection and knowledge management librarian at Harvard Medical School\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributions by Kelly Baron, Angie Chau, Jennifer Nagtegaal, Lee Okan, Diana Pifano, Russell Samolsky, Kay Sohini, Anastasia Ulanowicz, and Aanchal Vij\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eComics and Catharsis: Exploring Graphic Narratives of Trauma and Healing\u003c\/i\u003e explores the idea that trauma and healing hold an imbalance in many forms of literature—but especially in the world of comics. Whether it be war-based, national, physical, or sexual trauma, this volume looks at a wide variety of trauma and the psychological pain and devastation that arise during and—crucially for the question of trauma narratives—following the events as the psychological (and often physical) wounds are processed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssayists in the collection engage with questions of how comics process trauma through depictions and receptions. Viewing trauma through the lens of comics such as \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as works by comics writers who are little-known or unknown outside their communities, contributors analyze how trauma is used in artistic style, writing, and overall storytelling. Together, the essays in \u003ci\u003eComics and Catharsis \u003c\/i\u003eshow how people who have suffered trauma often flock to these works to find a way to acknowledge and process their own suffering.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eI. Introduction\u003cbr\u003eJordan Tronsgard\u003cbr\u003eII. Drawing Apart: Physical and Generational Separation and Belonging\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. From Confinement to Catharsis: Reading the Comics Aesthetic in Manuel H. Martín’s Documentary \u003ci\u003e30 años de oscuridad\/30 Years of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Nagtegaal\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Graphic Representations of Violence in \u003ci\u003eLa herencia del coronel \u003c\/i\u003eby Carlos Trillo and Lucas Varela\u003cbr\u003eDiana Pifano\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. On the Threshold of Being and Belonging: Refiguring History in Autobiographical Comics\u003cbr\u003eKay Sohini\u003cbr\u003eIII. Drawing Together: Nation and Narrative\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Burden of Translating History in Li Kunwu’s \u003ci\u003eA Chinese Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngie Chau\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. \"American God\" to a Soviet Superman: Exploring the Cathartic Function of Counterfactual Narratives\u003cbr\u003eAanchal Vij\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Re-Framing (Post-)Soviet Ukrainian History: Walter Duranty, Igort’s \u003ci\u003eThe Ukrainian Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Ethics of Graphic Reportage\u003cbr\u003eAnastasia Ulanowicz\u003cbr\u003eIV. Drawing Close: Individual, Intimate, and Traumatic\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Alison Bechdel’s \u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e and the Impossibility of Testimony\u003cbr\u003eKelly Baron\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Graphic Novels and Sexual Trauma: Processing Sexual Trauma Through Creative Expression\u003cbr\u003eLee Okan\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Good Empty: Trauma, Displacement, and Catharsis in \u003ci\u003eSabrina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRussell Samolsky\u003cbr\u003eV. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eJordan Tronsgard\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607744278808,"sku":"9781496858931","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/comics-and-catharsis-exploring-graphic-narratives-of-trauma-and-healing-hardback-9781496858931","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}