{"product_id":"comics-world-benjamin-woo-9781496834645","title":"The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics","description":"Contributions by Bart Beaty, T. Keith Edmunds, Eike Exner, Christopher J. Galdieri, Ivan Lima Gomes, Charles Hatfield, Franny Howes, John A. Lent, Amy Louise Maynard, Shari Sabeti, Rob Salkowitz, Kalervo A. Sinervo, Jeremy Stoll, Valerie Wieskamp, Adriana Estrada Wilson, and Benjamin Woo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics \u003c\/i\u003eis the first collection to explicitly examine the production, circulation, and reception of comics from a social-scientific point of view. Designed to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about theory and methods in comics studies, this volume draws on approaches from fields as diverse as sociology, political science, history, folklore, communication studies, and business, among others, to study the social life of comics and graphic novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking the concept of a \"comics world\"--that is, the collection of people, roles, and institutions that \"produce\" comics as they are--as its organizing principle, the book asks readers to attend to the contexts that shape how comics move through societies and cultures. Each chapter explores a specific comics world or particular site where comics meet one of their publics, such as artists and creators; adaptors; critics and journalists; convention-goers; scanners; fans; and comics scholars themselves. Through their research, contributors demonstrate some of the ways that people participate in comics worlds and how the relationships created in these spaces can provide different perspectives on comics and comics studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving beyond the page, \u003ci\u003eThe Comics World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complexity of the lived reality of the comics world: how comics and graphic novels matter to different people at different times, within a social space shared with others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Woo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149683464X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496834645\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 07\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Benjamin Woo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993540821247,"sku":"9781496834645","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fed36dcc-a65a-446f-be53-8ea87f2f551d.jpg?v=1683324902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comics-world-benjamin-woo-9781496834645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}