Cultures of War in Graphic Novels

TATIANA PROROKOVA holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Marburg, Germany, and is an academic editor at Pod Academy, United Kingdom.NIMROD TAL is a lecturer at Kibbutzim College in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is the author of The American Civil War in British Culture: Representations and Responses, 1870s to the Present.

"What makes this collection exciting and groundbreaking is its eagerness to look beyond familiar works devoted to familiar conflicts. The result is a refreshingly non-USA-centric survey of the graphic novel medium and its engagement with trauma and collective memory." - Steven Trout (coeditor of War+Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway's Early Life and Writings) "What makes this collection exciting and groundbreaking is its eagerness to look beyond familiar works devoted to familiar conflicts. The result is a refreshingly non-USA-centric survey of the graphic novel medium and its engagement with trauma and collective memory." - Steven Trout (coeditor of War+Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway's Early Life and Writings) Spotlight of Cultures of War in Graphic Novels  on The War and Media (The War and Media) Spotlight of Cultures of War in Graphic Novels  on The War and Media (The War and Media) "Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub (Chronicle of Higher Education) "Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub (Chronicle of Higher Education) "Highly recommended." (Choice) "Highly recommended." (Choice) "A thought-provoking work about the nature of war, memory, culture, and the ways we tell those stories." (H-Net) "A thought-provoking work about the nature of war, memory, culture, and the ways we tell those stories." (H-Net)

• IntroductionTatiana Prorokova and Nimrod Tal Part I: RepresentationsChapter 1: “A Clash of Arms to Be Eternally Remembered”: War, Chivalry, and the Hundred Years War in Le Trône d'Argile and CrécyIain A. MacInnes Chapter 2: Graphic Narrative and the War on Terror Kenton WorcesterChapter 3: What Is War in the Bosnian Graphic Novel Emir Pasanovic Part II: Non-Combatants’ ExperiencesChapter 4: “The Sky Is Darkened by Gods”: Spirituality, Strength, and Violence in Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers and Saints Harriet E.H. Earle Chapter 5: Unseen Scars: Recalling Traumatic Moments in Individuals with PTSD in War Brothers James Kelley Chapter 6: Nat Turner, Slave Revolts, and Child-Killing in US Graphic Novels Joe Lockard Chapter 7: Sinne Fianna Fáil: Women, Irish Rebellions, and the Graphic Novels of Gerry HuntChristina M. KnopfChapter 8: “The Children Internalize the Meaning of the Occupation”: Growing Up under Israeli Occupation and a Culture of Resistance in Joe Sacco’s PalestinePeter C. ValentiPart III: MemoriesChapter 9: The Malvinas War in Argentine Memory: Graphic Representations of Defeat and Nationalism, 1982-2015Silvia G. Kurlat AresChapter 10: The Haunting Power of War: Remembering the Rwandan Genocide in 99 DaysTatiana ProrokovaChapter 11: Blogging in Times of War: The July 2006 War in Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj Imaging the UnimaginableYasmine Nachabe Taan  Notes on ContributorsIndex