Sam Cowling: Philosophy of Comics

Cover: 9781350098459 | Philosophy of Comics | An Introduction | Sam Cowling (u. a.) | Buch

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Beschreibung

"What exactly are comics? Can they be art, literature, or even pornography? How should we understand the characters, stories, and genres that shape them? Thinking about comics raises a bewildering range of questions about representation, narrative, and value. Philosophy of Comics is an introduction to these philosophical questions. In exploring the history and variety of the comics medium, Sam Cowling and Wesley D. Cray chart a path through the emerging field of the philosophy of comics. Drawing from a diverse range of forms and genres and informed by case studies of classic comics such as Watchmen, Tales from the Crypt, and Fun Home, Cowling and Cray explore ethical, aesthetic, and ontological puzzles, including: - What does it take to create-or destroy-a fictional character like Superman? - Can all comics be adapted into films, or are some comics impossible to adapt? - Is there really a genre of "superhero comics"? - When are comics obscene, pornographic, and why does it matter? At a time of rapidly growing interest in graphic storytelling, this is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of comics and some of its most central and puzzling questions"--

Über den Autor

Sam Cowling is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Denison University, USA.

Wesley D. Cray is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Texas Christian University, USA.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Introduction
2. What are Comics?
3. Comics as Artifacts - Ontology and Authenticity
4. Does Superman Exist?
5. Truth in Comics
6. Genre in Comics
7. Representing Social Categories in Comics
8. Are Comics Literature?
9. Comics, Obscenity, and Pornography
10. Page, Panel, Screen - Comics and Adaptation
Afterword

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781350098459
ISBN-10:	1350098450
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cowling, Sam Cray, Wesley
Hersteller:	Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 157 x 33 mm
Von/Mit:	Sam Cowling (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.07.2022
Gewicht:	0,585 kg