{"product_id":"graphic-memories-of-the-civil-rights-movement-reframing-history-in-comics-hardcover","title":"Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement: Reframing History in Comics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJorge Santos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Charles Hatfield Book Prize, Comic Studies Society, 2020\u003cbr\u003e A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe history of America's civil rights movement is marked by narratives that we hear retold again and again. This has relegated many key figures and turning points to the margins, but graphic novels and graphic memoirs present an opportunity to push against the consensus and create a more complete history. \u003ci\u003eGraphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e showcases five vivid examples of this: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHo Che Anderson's \u003ci\u003eKing\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), which complicates the standard biography of Martin Luther King Jr.; Congressman John Lewis's three-volume memoir, \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e (2013-2016); \u003ci\u003eDarkroom\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), by Lila Quintero Weaver, in which the author recalls her Argentinian father's participation in the movement and her childhood as an immigrant in the South; the bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Our Friends, \u003c\/i\u003e by Mark Long, Jim Demonakos, and Nate Powell (2012), set in Houston's Third Ward in 1967; and Howard Cruse's \u003ci\u003eStuck Rubber Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), whose protagonist is a closeted gay man involved in the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn choosing these five works, Jorge Santos also explores how this medium allows readers to participate in collective memory making, and what the books reveal about the process by which history is (re)told, (re)produced, and (re)narrativized. Concluding the work is Santos's interview with Ho Che Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to El Salvadorian and Ecuadorian immigrant parents, Jorge J. Santos Jr. is an assistant professor of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States at the College of the Holy Cross. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMELUS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCollege Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eImage\/Text.\u003c\/i\u003e His first foray into the world of graphic narrative, \"Movement through the Borderlands: Graphic Revisions in Pablo's Inferno,\" was awarded the University of Connecticut Aetna Critical Writing Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807375196448,"sku":"9781477318263","price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9ec8e1fd5f64c14c144152cf2b757e2d.webp?v=1780931313","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/graphic-memories-of-the-civil-rights-movement-reframing-history-in-comics-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}