{"product_id":"9783030036256","title":"Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels: Considering the Role of Kitsch","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels: Considering the Role of Kitsch\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ein 't Veld, Laurike\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book mobilises the concept of kitsch to investigate the tensions around the representation of genocide in international graphic novels that focus on the Holocaust and the genocides in Armenia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. In response to the predominantly negative readings of kitsch as meaningless or inappropriate, this book offers a fresh approach that considers how some of the kitsch strategies employed in these works facilitate an affective interaction with the genocide narrative. These productive strategies include the use of the visual metaphors of the animal and the doll figure and the explicit and excessive depictions of mass violence. The book also analyses where kitsch still produces problems as it critically examines depictions of perpetrators and the visual and verbal representations of sexual violence. Furthermore, it explores how graphic novels employ anti-kitsch strategies to avoid the dangers of excess in dealing with genocide. \u003ci\u003eThe Representation of Genocide in GraphicNovels \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to those working in comics-graphic novel studies, popular culture studies, and Holocaust and genocide studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-01-22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030036256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-03626-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 230\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47687137656972,"sku":"9783030036256","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030036256.jpg?v=1776620829","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030036256","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}