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Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1353/mfs.2007.0010 BibTeX citation key: Tensuan2006 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: "One Hundred Demons", "Persepolis", Autobiography, Barry. Lynda, France, Gender, Iran, Satrapi. Marjane Creators: Tensuan Collection: Modern Fiction Studies |
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Lynda Barry’s “autobiofictionalography” One! Hundred! Demons! (2002) and Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis (2004) recast the visual and narrative conventions of comics to provide critical commentary on issues ranging from the social construction of gender to the forces subtending forms of prejudice. The works literally as well as figuratively draw out the ways in which the transition from childhood to adulthood becomes overdetermined by narratives of development that set gendered roles, articulate racial demarcations, inscribe religious differences, and authorize imperialist vision; they also highlight the ways in which figures resist, subvert, and capitulate to forces of social coercion and normative visions.
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