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25 - Queering Comics Histories

from Queer Genre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2024

Benjamin Kahan
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Louisiana State University
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Comics that represent nonheteronormative sexualities and diverse genders make up part but not the whole of the vital history of queerness in the medium. The emergence and uptake of comics in feminist and LGBTQA spaces tell important, divergent stories about the politics of cultural production and interpretation. A queer account of comics history recalls the development of the medium as a staging ground for fantasies and for challenges to prevailing mores; controversies over the availability of sexually provocative material in print and digital formats; the changing significance of longstanding icons amid generational shifts in youth cultures.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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