Graphic Narratives about South Asia and South Asian America: Aesthetics and Politics Kavita Daiya 9780367365554

This book explores the field of Comics Studies in South Asia, illuminating an art form in which there has been a much-documented explosion of recent interest.

A diverse group of scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America examine aesthetics, politics, and ideology in sequential art about South Asia and South Asian America. The book features contributions which address gender violence; authoritarian politics; caste discrimination; environmentalism; racism; and urban street art, amongst others. The unique interdisciplinary span of the volume considers mass popular comic books as well as the graphic novel.

This edited volume would be of interest to those studying the influence of graphic novels, graphic narratives, and comic books in South Asia, as well as researchers interested in what these forms might have to say about important issues in society. This book was originally published as a special issue of the South Asian Review journal.

Kavita Daiya is Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, and Associate Professor of English at George Washington University, USA. She has published several articles, as well as the book Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and National Culture in Postcolonial India ([2008], 2011).