{"product_id":"sexual-violence-in-comics-lee-okan-9781666929157","title":"Sexual Violence in Comics: The Ethics of Visualizing Trauma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of how comics represent, confront, and sometimes perpetuate gendered violence. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLee Okan argues that comics, with their hybrid form of image and text, possess an ability to express the unspeakable dimensions of trauma while also raising ethical questions about spectatorship, representation, and storytelling. Through close analysis of contemporary and independent comics, as well as anthology collections, this book shows how artists navigate the tension between testimony and spectacle, visibility and exploitation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than treating comics as an isolated medium, Okan situates these works within broader cultural and media discourses on sexual violence, arguing that comics shape and are shaped by feminist activism, visual culture, and reader response. \u003ci\u003eSexual Violence in Comics\u003c\/i\u003e traces how creators reframe the terms of witness, challenge dominant narratives, and reclaim narrative authority, particularly in the wake of the #MeToo movement and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Okan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666929158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666929157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Lee Okan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217815089407,"sku":"9781666929157","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a647bbc-afa3-4f24-bd6c-2877d231a9f3.jpg?v=1771999635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sexual-violence-in-comics-lee-okan-9781666929157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}