{"product_id":"lynda-barry-susan-e-kirtley-9781617032356","title":"Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass","description":"Best known for her long-running comic strip \u003ci\u003eErnie Pook's Comeek\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated fiction (\u003ci\u003eCruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me\u003c\/i\u003e), and graphic novels (\u003ci\u003eOne! Hundred! Demons!\u003c\/i\u003e), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and lectures. With a combination of simple, raw drawings and mature, eloquent text, Barry's oeuvre blurs the boundaries between fiction and memoir, comics and literary fiction, and fantasy and reality. Her recent volumes \u003ci\u003eWhat It Is \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003ePicture This \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) fuse autobiography, teaching guide, sketchbook, and cartooning into coherent visions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, author Susan E. Kirtley examines the artist's career and contributions to the field of comic art and beyond. The study specifically concentrates on Barry's recurring focus on figures of young girls, in a variety of mediums and genres. Barry follows the image of the girl through several lenses--from text-based novels to the hybrid blending of text and image in comic art, to art shows and coloring books. In tracing Barry's aesthetic and intellectual development, Kirtley reveals Barry's work to be groundbreaking in its understanding of femininity and feminism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan E. Kirtley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617032352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617032356\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 01\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 5.95w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2012 pg. 17","brand":"Susan E. Kirtley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991718559999,"sku":"9781617032356","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a93680fc-3355-48c3-9ffb-342cf222a64d.jpg?v=1683311827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lynda-barry-susan-e-kirtley-9781617032356","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}