| The Art of Pere Joan: Space, Landscape, and Comics Form Contributor(s): Fraser, Benjamin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477318127 ISBN-13: 9781477318126 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Dewey: 741.594 |
| LCCN: 2018031174 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (1.35 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Born in Mallorca, Pere Joan Riera (known professionally as Pere Joan) thrived in the underground comics world, beginning in the mid-1970s with the self-published collections Baladas Urbanas and Muérdago, both of which were released almost immediately after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco and Spain's transition to democracy. The first monograph in English on a comics artist from Spain, The Art of Pere Joan takes a topographical approach to reading comics, applying theories of cultural and urban geography to Pere Joan's treatment of space and landscape in his singular body of work.Balancing this goal with an exploration of specific works by Pere Joan, Benjamin Fraser demonstrates that looking at the thematic, structural, and aesthetic originality of the artist's landscape-driven work can help us begin to newly understand the representational properties of comics as a spatial medium. This in-depth examination reveals the resonance between the cultural landscapes of Mallorca and Pere Joan's metaphorical approach to both rural and urban environments in comics that weave emotional, ecological, and artistic strands in revolutionary ways. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fraser, Benjamin: - Benjamin Fraser is a professor and head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities and Antonio López García's Everyday Urban Worlds. He is also an editor for the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies and the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies. |