{"product_id":"the-comics-of-alison-bechdel-from-the-outside-in-hardback-9781496825773","title":"The Comics of Alison Bechdel; From the Outside in (Hardback) 9781496825773","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Comics of Alison Bechdel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Outside in\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanine Utell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496825773\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 December 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages, 46 black \u0026amp; white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.565 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributions by Michelle Ann Abate, Leah Anderst, Alissa S. Bourbonnais, Tyler Bradway, Natalja Chestopalova, Margaret Galvan, Judith Kegan Gardiner, Katie Hogan, Jonathan M. Hollister, Yetta Howard, Katherine Kelp-Stebbins, Don L. Latham, Vanessa Lauber, Katherine Parker-Hay, Anne N. Thalheimer, Janine Utell, and Susan R. Van Dyne.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Alison Bechdel is both a driver and beneficiary of the welcoming of comics into the mainstream. Indeed, the seemingly simple binary of outside\/inside seems perpetually troubled throughout the career of this important comics artist, known for \u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAre You My Mother?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume extends the body of scholarship on her work from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In a definitive collection of original essays, scholars cover the span of Bechdel’s career, placing her groundbreaking early work within the context of her more well-known recent projects. The Contributors provide new insights on major themes in Bechdel’s work, such as gender performativity, masculinity, lesbian politics and representation, trauma, life writing, and queer theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Situating Bechdel among other comics artists, this book charts possible influences on her work, probes the experimental traits of her comics in their representations of kinship and trauma, combs archival materials to gain insight into Bechdel’s creative process, and analyzes her work in community building and space making through the comics form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Ultimately, the volume shows that Bechdel’s work consists of performing a Series of selves—serializing the self, as it were—each constructed and refracted across and within her chosen artistic modes and genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600364138776,"sku":"9781496825773","price":73.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-comics-of-alison-bechdel-from-the-outside-in-hardback-9781496825773","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}