
Breaking the Frames
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Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies surveys the current state of comics scholarship, interrogating its dominant schools, questioning their mutual estrangement, and challenging their propensity to champion the comics they study. Marc Singer advocates for greater disciplinary diversity and methodological rigor in comics studies, making the case for a field that can embrace more critical and oppositional perspectives. Working through extended readings of some of the most acclaimed comics creators-including Marjane Satrapi, Alan Moore, Kyle Baker, and Chris Ware-Singer demonstrates how comics studies can break out of the celebratory frameworks and restrictive canons that currently define the field to produce new scholarship that expands our understanding of comics and their critics.
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"For anyone who has ever been frustrated by the insularity, boosterism, and self-congratulatory enthusiasm of comics and comics studies, Marc Singer's new book is a relief and a joy." (The Comics Journal) "I have greatly enjoyed grappling with Marc's rigorous and unrelenting work...I both thoroughly enjoyed reading and enjoyed discussing [Breaking the Frames] with others." (The Middle Spaces) "A well-researched, no-holds-barred, groundbreaking critique of the trends and problems of comics scholarship, Breaking the Frames, if taken seriously, will elevate study of the field to a higher perch." (CHOICE) "In Breaking the Frames, Marc Singer delineates with aplomb a war of cultures and approaches within comics scholarship that will inspire any comics scholar to rededicate themselves to a new type of engagement and scholarship." (Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society) "Breaking the Frames boldly enters the critical conversation about comics scholarship as the author advocates for more rigorous critical methods without renouncing to the rich and diverse critical methodologies that compose this multidisciplinary field...Breaking the Frames makes an interesting contribution to the field by problematizing some methodological procedures." (Journal of American Studies in Italy)More details
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Content
Introduction: Pow! Zap! Comics Aren't Just for Cultural Studies Professors Anymore
1.The Myth of Eco: Comics, Continuity, and Cultural Populism
2.The Abuses of History: Postmodernism and Contemporary Superhero Comics
3.Properties of the Imagination: Copyright and Empire in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
4.The Limits of Realism: Alternative Comics and the Workshop Aesthetic
5.Comics Studies in Miniature: The Canonization of Persepolis
6.Shadows of the Past: Fictions of History in Nat Turner
Afterword: Never Apologize, Never Defend
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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