{"product_id":"performativity-cultural-construction-and-the-leigh-anne-howard-9781032177311","title":"Performativity, Cultural Construction, and the Graphic Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerformativity, Cultural Construction, and the Graphic Narrative\u003c\/em\u003e draws on performance studies scholarship to understand the social impact of graphic novels and their sociopolitical function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing issues of race, gender, ethnicity, race, war, mental illness, and the environment, the volume encompasses the diversity and variety inherent in the graphic narrative medium. Informed by the scholarship of Dwight Conquergood and his model for performance praxis, this collection of essays makes links between these seemingly disparate areas of study to open new avenues of research for comics and graphic narratives. An international team of authors offer a detailed analysis of new and classical graphic texts from Britain, Iran, India, and Canada as well as the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerformance, Social Construction and the Graphic Narrative draws on performance studies scholarship to understand the social impact of graphic novels and their sociopolitical function. Addressing issues of race, gender, ethnicity, race, war, mental illness, and the environment, the volume encompasses the diversity and variety inherent in the graphic narrative medium. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the areas of communication, literature, comics studies, performance studies, sociology, languages, English, and gender studies, and anyone with an interest in deepening their acquaintance with and understanding of the potential of graphic narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leigh Anne Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032177314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032177311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Leigh Anne Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070915211519,"sku":"9781032177311","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f3d2c07-9ecb-40ec-b2e6-a294e8d33475.jpg?v=1685433074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performativity-cultural-construction-and-the-leigh-anne-howard-9781032177311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}