{"product_id":"postcolonial-comics-1","title":"Postcolonial Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection examines new comic-book cultures, graphic writing, and \u003ci\u003ebande dessinée\u003c\/i\u003e texts as they relate to postcolonialism in contemporary Anglophone and Francophone settings. The individual chapters are framed within a larger enquiry that considers definitive aspects of the postcolonial condition in twenty-first-century (con)texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors demonstrate that the fields of comic-book production and circulation in various regional histories introduce new postcolonial vocabularies, reconstitute conventional \"image-functions\" in established social texts and political systems, and present competing narratives of resistance and rights. In this sense, postcolonial comic cultures are of particular significance in the context of a newly global and politically recomposed landscape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume introduces a timely intervention within current comic-book-area studies that remain firmly situated within the \"U.S.-European and Japanese manga paradigms\" and their reading publics. It will be of great interest to a wide variety of disciplines including postcolonial studies, comics-area studies, cultural studies, and gender studies. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54259793822040,"sku":"9780367668853","price":56.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367668853.jpg?v=1778820369","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/postcolonial-comics-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}