Blacker the Ink Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art.

Gateward, Frances.

Blacker the Ink Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art. - Rutgers University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction ; Panel 1. Black Is a Dangerous Color ; Chapter 1 "No Sweat!"; Chapter 2 Sex in Yop City; Chapter 3 A Postcolony in Pieces; Panel II Black in Black- and- White and Color; Chapter 4 Fashion in the Funny Papers; Chapter 5 Graphic Remix; Panel III Black Tights; Chapter 6 American Truths; Chapter 7 Drawn into Dialogue; Chapter 8 Critical Afrofuturism; Chapter 9 Bare Chests, Silver Tiaras, and Removable Afros; Panel IV; Chapter 10 Daddy Cool; Chapter 11 The Blues Tragicomic; Chapter 12 Provocation through Polyphony. Chapter 13 Performance GeographyChapter 14 A Secret History of Miscegenation; Chapter 15 It's a Hero?; Contributors; Index.



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Comic books, strips, etc.--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans in literature.
African American cartoonists.


Electronic Books.

PN6725 / .B533 2015