{"product_id":"comics-and-sacred-texts-assaf-gamzou-9781496819475","title":"Comics and Sacred Texts: Reimagining Religion and Graphic Narratives","description":"Contributions by Ofra Amihay, Madeline Backus, Samantha Baskind, Elizabeth Rae Coody, Scott S. Elliott, Assaf Gamzou, Susan Handelman, Leah Hochman, Leonard V. Kaplan, Ken Koltun-Fromm, Shiamin Kwa, Samantha Langsdale, A. David Lewis, Karline McLain, Ranen Omer-Sherman, Joshua Plencner, and Jeffrey L. Richey\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eComics and Sacred Texts \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how comics and notions of the sacred interweave new modes of seeing and understanding the sacral. Comics and graphic narratives help readers see religion in the everyday and in depictions of God, in transfigured, heroic selves as much as in the lives of saints and the meters of holy languages. Coeditors Assaf Gamzou and Ken Koltun-Fromm reveal the graphic character of sacred narratives, imagining new vistas for both comics and religious texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn both visual and linguistic forms, graphic narratives reveal representational strategies to encounter the sacred in all its ambivalence. Through close readings and critical inquiry, these essays contemplate the intersections between religion and comics in ways that critically expand our ability to think about religious landscapes, rhetorical practices, pictorial representation, and the everyday experiences of the uncanny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganized into four sections--Seeing the Sacred in Comics; Reimagining Sacred Texts through Comics; Transfigured Comic Selves, Monsters, and the Body; and The Everyday Sacred in Comics--the essays explore comics and graphic novels ranging from Craig Thompson's \u003ci\u003eHabibi \u003c\/i\u003eand Marvel's \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaptain America\u003c\/i\u003e to graphic adaptions of religious texts such as 1 Samuel and the Gospel of Mark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComics and Sacred Texts \u003c\/i\u003eshows how claims to the sacred are nourished and concealed in comic narratives. Covering many religions, not only Christianity and Judaism, this rare volume contests the profane\/sacred divide and establishes the import of comics and graphic narratives in disclosing the presence of the sacred in everyday human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Assaf Gamzou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496819470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496819475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Assaf Gamzou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054806495487,"sku":"9781496819475","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01c3f722-5520-41fc-8e33-286dd0a2b32f.jpg?v=1685032105","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comics-and-sacred-texts-assaf-gamzou-9781496819475","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}