“Picturing Race and Social Justice in U.S Comics”

Bologna - 8 novembre 2024

Aula Magna,

Dipartimento Lingue Letterature e Culture moderne—Lilec

Via Filippo Re, 8 Bologna

09.00-11.00 “Picturing Race and Social Justice in U.S Comics”  Prof. Qiana Whitted (University of South Carolina)

 

This presentation explores comics by and about African Americans from the 1940s to 1970s, with an emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement era. Professor Whitted will also discuss the visual and aesthetic challenges that come with representing race and difference, and consider the strategies that creators use to confront stereotypes in order to portray a wider range of Black experiences