This interdisciplinary volume seeks to trace the diverse ways in which
stories of biblical women have been reimagined in and as comic books.
Feminist biblical scholarship has previously addressed the tradition
that relegates female biblical characters to secondary roles, merely
enabling the male characters to attain their own goals. Using examples
from both secular and religious comic Bibles, and comic Bibles aimed
at children and older audiences, Zanne Domoney-Lyttle now fully
considers contemporary remediations of biblical narratives to the same
degree. Remediating ancient, biblical text into modern, graphical
comic books affects the reception of the text in several ways. This
book aims to investigate how the production, format, and function of
comic Bibles encourages the depiction of biblical characters from a
contemporary perspective, while also showing some fidelity to the
text. By presenting a focused analysis on women in the Bible, wider
issues concerning popular-cultural retellings of the Bible in general
begin to surface, including matters concerning reception history, the
space between art and literature inhabited by biblical comics, and
issues of translation and interpretations within contemporary
remediations.
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Women, Power and Representation in Graphic Narratives
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780567713919
Publisert
2024
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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