The graphic lives of fathers : memory, representation, and fatherhood in North American autobiographical comics /: memory, representation, and fatherhood in North American autobiographical comics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mihaela Precup.
• Authors: Precup, Mihaela
• Contents: Introduction1. Comics, Fatherhood, and Autobiographical Representation2. 'A Good and Decent Man': Fatherhood and Post-war Patriarchy in Carol Tyler'sSoldier's Heart (2015) 3. 'He was there to catch me when I leapt': Paternal Absence and Non-normative Sexuality in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home (2006) 4. 'As long as he was there, I felt safe': Deception and the Performance of Ideal Fatherhood in Laurie Sandell's The Impostor's Daughter (2009)5. 'To Dream of Birds': Fatherhood, Exile, and Extremism in Nina Bunjevac's 'August 1977' and Fatherland (2014)6. 'A Doting Fool': Reformed Masculinity and Parental Responsibility in R. Crumb's Sophie Stories (1980s-2008)7. 'Emasculated by the Diaper Bag': Middle Age and the Vulnerability of the Paternal Body in Joe Ollmann's Mid-Life (2011)8. 'A Baby to Love Together': Parental Infantilism and Fatherly Love in James Kochalka's American Elf (1998-2012) 9. 'You Tell Your Father He Did a Good Job': Sons, Fathers, and Familial Harmony in Jeffrey Brown's Little Things (2008) and A Matter of Life (2013)10. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 741.535; Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc -- History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc -- North America -- History and criticism; Fatherhood in literature; Fathers in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030362188
• Related ISBNs: 9783030362171
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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