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The Story's Not Over : Jewish Women and Embodied Selfhood in Graphic Narratives
The Story's Not Over : Jewish Women and Embodied Selfhood in Graphic Narratives
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ISBN No.: 9780814349120
Pages: 376
Year: 202601
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 137.72
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

"This critical new volume, edited brilliantly by Victoria Aarons, makes a convincing case that the genre of the graphic novel will be an increasingly essential topic of study for the fields of Judaic studies, literary and feminist studies, Holocaust and memory studies, and so many more. The volume presents the leading scholars and practitioners in the field today, analyzing key questions in Jewish women's graphic novels that center such topics as identity, Jewish history, testimony, memory, trauma, Holocaust memory, and the representation of the self. The chapters in this volume argue quite convincingly that the story of Jewish women and the graphic novel is not over; indeed, the story is just beginning."?Avinoam Patt, Maurice Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, New York University "How can dissatisfaction, otherness, discomfort, and defiance be presented in comics form? Victoria Aarons has edited this enthralling and tender collection of essays about expressions of the self in the comics of Jewish women. Accompanied by an expansive and deeply informed introduction by Aarons, the fifteen essays and one interview carefully deliberate on the multifarious ways that Jewish memory and experiences impact identity. These timely contributions by erudite scholars are a must-read, not only for graphic artists or comics studies scholars but also for anyone who struggles with their own identity or their history, culture, and place in the world."?Sarah Lightman, author of The Book of Sarah and editor of the Eisner Award?winning Graphic Details: Jewish Women's Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews "This exceptionally exciting tapestry of elegantly written and illuminating essays by some of the greatest critical luminaries in the field grapples with the myriad pathways through which Jewish female graphic artists explore the intricate interplay of their subjectivities, memories, identities, and sense of un/belonging. There is much to be grateful for in the contributors' breathtakingly illuminating and fresh approaches to some of the most intimate, imaginative, culturally subversive, and visually startling graphic narrative works across the Jewish cultural world.


Victoria Aarons helms this rare collection that is truly essential for the classroom and scholarship alike; its lively discussions deliver an exceptionally lucid genealogy of the transformative and endlessly inventive explorations of Jewish feminist graphic memoirs and storytelling."?Ranen Omer-Sherman, editor of Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond " The Story's Not Over is a rich and vital addition to the growing body of work on Jewish women's contributions to the graphic narrative form. Victoria Aarons has brought together an expansive collection of authors who not only shed new light on instant classics but introduce readers to titles they may not have previously encountered. Every chapter brings new and exciting insights for both scholars and fans."?Jennifer Caplan, associate professor and the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at University of Cincinnati.


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