Representation of History in the Novels of Kunal Basu
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This 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. The Representation of Genocide in Graphic Novels will appeal to those working in comics-graphic novel studies, popular culture studies, and Holocaust and genocide studies. "Buch > Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft > Medien und Kommunikation > Kommunikationswissenschaft".

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Introduction This dissertation aims to locate certain epistemological issues within the theoretical field of the representation of history and use them to examine the transaction between history and fiction in the novels of Kunal Basu. The idea of the 'novel' as a vehicle for interrogating historical truth claims is integral to this discourse. The tendentious aspects of Basu's novels, the discursive turns in his writing, and the subversive approach towards the grand narrative of history underline his deep engagement with the issues of marginalisation and representation. This dissertation will try to examine all these aspects of Basu's novel vis-à-vis the politics of representation. Kunst & cultuur, Alle kunst & cultuur, Engelse Boeken > Kunst & cultuur > Alle kunst & cultuur.

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The project 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, Bosnia, and Rwanda. In response to the predominantly negative readings of kitsch as meaningless or inappropriate, this project takes a more productive approach that considers how some of the kitsch strategies employed in the graphic novels produce meaning, while also facilitating interaction with the genocide narrative. These productive strategies include the use of the visual metaphors of the animal and the doll figure and explicit and excessive depictions of mass violence. This book also carefully analyses where kitsch strategies still produce problems, taking a more critical stance towards the use of kitsch in the representation of perpetrators and in visual and verbal representations of sexual violence. In addition, the book traces how the graphic novels employ anti-kitsch strategies, which include a modernist focus on crises in witnessing and the ways in which historical veracity is emphasised in paratext. Examining a range of contemporary, international graphic novels―works that have achieved a status that transcends national borders―this study argues that kitsch and excess can be used to offer compelling strategies of representation that consciously intervene in the issues and debates around depictions of mass violence. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st ed. 2019, Label: Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Macmillan, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2019-04-11, Studio: Palgrave Macmillan.

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