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Comics and the senses : a multisensory approach to comics and graphic novels

Attempts to define what comics are and explain how they work have not always been successful because they are premised upon the idea that comic strips, comic books and graphic novels are inherently and almost exclusively visual. This book challenges that premise, and asserts that comics is not just...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hague, Ian (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis , 2014
Edition:Online-Ausg.
Series:Routledge research in cultural and media studies 57
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Online Access:lizenzpflichtig
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Comics and the senses
Author Notes:Ian Hague
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Eye Like Comics, or, Ocularcentrism in Comics Scholarship; 2 Sight, or, the Ideal Perspective and the Physicality of Seeing; 3 Hearing, or, Visible Sounds and Seeing With the Ears; 4 Touch, or, the Taboo/Fetish Character of Comics and Tactile Performance; 5 Smell and Taste, or, the Scent of Nostalgia and the Flavour of Advertising; 6 Multisensory Aspects of the Comics of Alan Moore; Conclusion; References; Index