The role of performativity in comics as activism : Meaning-making in comic art by Amalia Alvarez and Sara Granér
(2024) p.19-32- Abstract
Comic art has been described as having an ability to challenge taken for granted assumptions, illuminate cultural norms, and contest and give space for alternative imaginaries. Approaching comics as both art and activism, this chapter takes hold of the capacity in comic art to make visible and shape action in relation to social conventions and cultural norms. It does so by reading comics through a performative lens, recognizing how struggles against violence and abuse build narratives that can provoke and reflect a radical imagination with the potential to influence and transform social consciousness. With a focus on how comics invite critical engagement with systems of injustice, the chapter analyses Amalia Alvarez's comic art "Basta!"... (More)
Comic art has been described as having an ability to challenge taken for granted assumptions, illuminate cultural norms, and contest and give space for alternative imaginaries. Approaching comics as both art and activism, this chapter takes hold of the capacity in comic art to make visible and shape action in relation to social conventions and cultural norms. It does so by reading comics through a performative lens, recognizing how struggles against violence and abuse build narratives that can provoke and reflect a radical imagination with the potential to influence and transform social consciousness. With a focus on how comics invite critical engagement with systems of injustice, the chapter analyses Amalia Alvarez's comic art "Basta!" [Enough!] (2018) and Sara Granér's comic book Allas lika mellangärde [The equal diaphragm of all] (2020) and highlights two ways in which performativity works in comic art by actualising meaning using language as action and through language shaping action. By way of conclusion, the chapter engages in a reflection on the role of readers and recipients in their encounter with these critical, eye- and mind-opening practices.
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- author
- Liinason, Mia LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-09
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Comics, Activism, Feminisms
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85204234646
- ISBN
- 9781032545509
- 9781040132401
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003425397-3
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- be09e6fa-fcc0-4dca-8b15-eeae7d0b3896
- date added to LUP
- 2024-11-22 09:46:16
- date last changed
- 2025-07-19 06:23:57
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abstract = {{<p>Comic art has been described as having an ability to challenge taken for granted assumptions, illuminate cultural norms, and contest and give space for alternative imaginaries. Approaching comics as both art and activism, this chapter takes hold of the capacity in comic art to make visible and shape action in relation to social conventions and cultural norms. It does so by reading comics through a performative lens, recognizing how struggles against violence and abuse build narratives that can provoke and reflect a radical imagination with the potential to influence and transform social consciousness. With a focus on how comics invite critical engagement with systems of injustice, the chapter analyses Amalia Alvarez's comic art "Basta!" [Enough!] (2018) and Sara Granér's comic book Allas lika mellangärde [The equal diaphragm of all] (2020) and highlights two ways in which performativity works in comic art by actualising meaning using language as action and through language shaping action. By way of conclusion, the chapter engages in a reflection on the role of readers and recipients in their encounter with these critical, eye- and mind-opening practices.</p>}},
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title = {{The role of performativity in comics as activism : Meaning-making in comic art by Amalia Alvarez and Sara Granér}},
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