"I want to define myself by what I am instead of what I am not": Examining Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary US Graphic Memoirs

This thesis explores the themes of gender and sexuality in contemporary US graphic memoirs. I argue for the exceptionalism of the graphic narrative form for portraying this subject matter through the powerful combination of the visual and the verbal. Using life writing, gender theory, queer theory,...

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Main Author: Davies, Caitlin
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67094/