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CFP - Special issue of Shofar on Jewish Comics/Graphic Novels
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Derek_-@tamu-commerce.edu
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Sep 16, 2009 19:22 PDT
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JEWISH COMICS: SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL SHOFAR
The scholarship surrounding comics and “graphic novels” has proliferated
over the past several years, as has studies focusing on particular
comics themes or visual texts created by certain ethnic communities.
Indeed, over the past three years alone there have been at least six
critical studies investigating the links between comics and Jewishness.
Given this emergent field of inquiry, [i]Shofar: An Interdisciplinary
Journal of Jewish Studies[/i] will devote a special issue to Jewish
comics (slotted for Summer 2010). The scope of this volume will take in
the theoretical, literary, and historical contexts of graphic narrative
and its links to Jewish identity and discourse. Possible topics could
include, but are certainly not limited to:
• The ways in which comics have articulated the American Jewish
experience
• Comics and the Holocaust, as expressed in such narratives as
[i]Maus[/i], [i]Auschwitz[/i], [i]I Was a Child of Holocaust
Survivors[/i], [i]We Are on Our Own[/i], [i]Mendel’s Daughter: A
Memoir[/i], and [i]Yossel: April 19, 1943[/i]
• The contributions of Jews in the history of comic strips and comic
books
• Images of Israel in the works of Joe Sacco, Rutu Modan, Ari Folman,
Miriam Libicki, and the Dimona Comix Group
• Jewish identity through superheroes and villains, from Superman to The
Spirit to Shaloman
• The form of the contemporary “graphic novel” by Jewish writers/artists
such as Kim Deitch, Joann Sfar, Miss Lasko-Gross, Ben Katchor, and Aline
Kominisky-Crumb
• Graphic adaptations of Jewish texts and legends
• Immigration and ethnic urban landscapes in the works of comics artists
such as Will Eisner and Ben Katchor
• Comics, the Diaspora, and Jewish internationalism
• Jewish identity and world conflict, from the world wars to 9/11
• Jewish autobiographic comics (e.g., Harvey Pekar’s [i]American
Splendor[/i] and Will Eisner’s autobiographic fiction) as well as
graphic biographies of such figures as Franz Kafka, Emma Goldman,
Houdini, and Anne Frank
• Representations of the Jewish gangster in comics
• The uses of the golem and its relation to the superhero
All essay submissions should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words, including
notes. Contributors should format submissions based on the [i]Chicago
Manual of Style[/i], 15th edition, and use footnotes. Authors will be
responsible for securing copyright permission for all images used.
Address all inquiries, and submit all completed manuscripts, to the
guest editor, Derek Parker Royal at Derek_-@tamu-commerce.edu.
Please include the words “Jewish Comics” in the subject heading.
Deadline for final manuscript submission is November 2, 2009.
[i]Shofar[/i] is published for the Midwest Jewish Studies Association,
the Western Jewish Studies Association, and the Jewish Studies Program
of Purdue University by the Purdue University Press. For more
information on the journal, please visit
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/shofar/.
For a graphic version of the CFP, see
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/droyal/CFP-jewishcomics.pdf
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