Harvard University Press eBooks· 2016· Book chapter
Disaster Drawn
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Short summary
Graphic narratives by artists like Goya, Spiegelman, and Sacco demonstrate a powerful capacity to document and bear witness to the trauma of war and disaster.
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Key points
- Comics possess a significant capacity to document and bear witness to trauma.
- Graphic narratives are used to depict disasters of war across various historical events.
- Diverse artists, including Goya, Nakazawa, Spiegelman, and Sacco, utilize this medium.
- The work analyzes accounts from locations like Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima.
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Abstract
In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima’s Ground Zero, comics have shown a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma. Hillary Chute explores the ways graphic narratives by diverse artists, including Jacques Callot, Francisco Goya, Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman, and Joe Sacco, document the disasters of war.
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Field: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsArts and Humanities