COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Graphic Memoir as the Ideal Vehicle for the Stories of Marginalized Groups
Creator:
Mendez, Gabriela
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Sequential Art
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Sequential Art
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"This thesis discusses the aspects of graphic memoir that make it the ideal vehicle for marginalized creators to tell their stories. Graphic memoir provides opportunities not currently available to such creators in the realms of other visual media, its creative control allows creators to tell their stories accurately and with agency. The multimodality of the comics medium requires a visual literacy that allows for a more complex reading and analysis. These elements come together to encourage a more active empathy, which highlights other perspectives while also reminding the reader of their own role in power structures that create marginalization."
Abstract:
*Includes the author's untitled graphic memoir, telling stories of her Mexican American family
Abstract:
*Keywords: comics, graphic memoir, marginalization, LGBT, empathy, visibility
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2019-08
Format:
PDF : 46 pages, color illustrations