{"product_id":"more-critical-approaches-to-comics-theories-and-methods-paperback","title":"More Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew J. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRandy Duncan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive textbook, editors Matthew J. Brown, Randy Duncan, and Matthew J. Smith offer students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter explains and then demonstrates a critical method or approach, which students can then apply to interrogate and critique the meanings and forms of comic books, graphic novels, and other sequential art. Contributors introduce a wide range of critical perspectives on comics, including disability studies, parasocial relationships, scientific humanities, queer theory, linguistics, critical geography, philosophical aesthetics, historiography, and much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a companion to the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eCritical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods\u003c\/i\u003e, this second volume features 19 fresh perspectives and serves as a stand-alone textbook in its own right. \u003ci\u003eMore Critical Approaches to Comics\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling classroom or research text for students and scholars interested in Comics Studies, Critical Theory, the Humanities, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew J. Brown, \u003c\/strong\u003e Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology and Associate Professor of Philosophy, History of Ideas, and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas. Since 2008, he has run the Comics and Popular Arts Conference, an annual, peer-reviewed, academic conference on comics and pop culture studies that takes place in Atlanta annually on Labor Day Weekend. He teaches Comics Studies in the Humanities Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Dallas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRandy Duncan, \u003c\/strong\u003e Ph.D., is Professor of Communication and Director of the Comics Studies Program at Henderson State University. He is co-author of the widely used textbook \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2015) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eCreating Comics as Journalism, Memoir and Nonfiction \u003c\/i\u003e(2015). Dr. Duncan is co-founder, with Peter Coogan, of the Comics Arts Conference, held each summer in San Diego. In 2009 Duncan received the Inge Award for Outstanding Comics Scholarship and in 2012 he received the Inkpot Award for Achievement in Comics Arts. Duncan and Matthew J. Smith are editors of the \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Advances in Comics Studies\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew J. Smith, \u003c\/strong\u003e Ph.D., is Interim Dean in the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Communication at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. He serves in the presidential line of succession for the Comics Studies Society and has co-authored nine books. These include \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Origins of Comics Studies \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) and \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2015). He and Randy Duncan are also co-curators on \"Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes,\" a traveling exhibit that debuted at the Museum of Popular Culture in Seattle in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703059018035,"sku":"9781138359536","price":113.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bHhhS21YZU02L0FiOEdCbDU5MXUyZz09.webp?v=1763316066","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/more-critical-approaches-to-comics-theories-and-methods-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}