06280cam a2200733Ii 4500 ocn879551039 OCoLC 20200709060125.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140510t20142014alua ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng rda pn EBLCP YDXCP OCLCO N$T P@U WAU OCLCO CUI OCLCF OCLCQ E7B OCLCO COO VLB DEBSZ OCLCQ OCLCO AGLDB LOA MERUC K6U ICG MOR CCO PIFAG FVL ZCU OCLCQ U3W BUF D6H STF VLB WRM OCLCQ VTS INT VT2 REC OCLCQ WYU G3B TKN OCLCQ YDXIT 882257139 1055388302 1058944902 1066458894 1081233952 9780817387440 electronic book 0817387447 electronic book 9780817318215 trade hardcover ; alkaline paper 0817318216 trade hardcover ; alkaline paper 778109 (N$T) (OCoLC)879551039 (OCoLC)882257139 (OCoLC)1055388302 (OCoLC)1058944902 (OCoLC)1066458894 (OCoLC)1081233952 PN6712 .T33 2014 ART 010000 bisacsh 741.5/3529924 22 MAIN Tabachnick, Stephen Ely, author. The quest for Jewish belief and identity in the graphic novel / Stephen E. Tabachnick. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Jews and Judaism: history and culture Includes bibliographical references and index. Adaptations of the Bible -- Religion and identity in Art Spiegelman's Maus -- The holocaust graphic novel -- The Jewish experience in Europe and beyond -- The American immigrant experience -- Some female American Jewish creators -- Identity and belief in the Israel-centered graphic novel -- The orthodox graphic novel. "Many Jewish artists and writers contributed to the creation of popular comics and graphic novels, and in The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel, Stephen E. Tabachnick takes readers on an engaging tour of graphic novels that explore themes of Jewish identity and belief. The creators of Superman (Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), Batman (Bob Kane and Bill Finger), and the Marvel superheroes (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby), were Jewish, as was the founding editor of Mad magazine (Harvey Kurtzman). They often adapted Jewish folktales (like the Golem) or religious stories (such as the origin of Moses) for their comics, depicting characters wrestling with supernatural people and events. Likewise, some of the most significant graphic novels by Jews or about Jewish subject matter deal with questions of religious belief and Jewish identity. Their characters wrestle with belief--or nonbelief--in God, as well as with their own relationship to the Jews, the historical role of the Jewish people, the politics of Israel, and other issues related to Jewish identity. In The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel, Stephen E. Tabachnick delves into the vivid kaleidoscope of Jewish beliefs and identities, ranging from Orthodox belief to complete atheism, and a spectrum of feelings about identification with other Jews. He explores graphic novels at the highest echelon of the genre by more than thirty artists and writers, among them Harvey Pekar (American Splendor), Will Eisner (A Contract with God), Joann Sfar (The Rabbi's Cat), Miriam Katin (We Are On Our Own), Art Spiegelman (Maus), J.T. Waldman (Megillat Esther), Aline Kominsky Crumb (Need More Love), James Sturm (The Golem's Mighty Swing), Leela Corman (Unterzakhn), Ari Folman and David Polonsky (Waltz with Bashir), David Mairowitz and Robert Crumb's biography of Kafka, and many more. He also examines the work of a select few non-Jewish artists, such as Robert Crumb and Basil Wolverton, both of whom have created graphic adaptations of parts of the Hebrew Bible. Among the topics he discusses are graphic novel adaptations of the Bible; the Holocaust graphic novel; graphic novels about the Jews in Eastern and Western Europe and Africa, and the American Jewish immigrant experience; graphic novels about the lives of Jewish women; the Israel-centered graphic novel; and the Orthodox graphic novel. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography"--Provided by publisher. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2019). Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Comic books, strips, etc. Religious aspects. Judaism and literature. Graphic novels. Jews in literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. Jewish literature History and criticism. Jews Identity. ART Techniques Drawing. bisacsh Comic books, strips, etc. Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00869170 Graphic novels. fast (OCoLC)fst00946656 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00958923 Jewish literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00982834 Jews Identity. fast (OCoLC)fst00983278 Jews in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00983388 Judaism and literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00984436 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Print version: Tabachnick, Stephen Ely. Quest for Jewish belief and identity in the graphic novel. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2014] 9780817318215 (DLC) 2013046289 (OCoLC)863801695 Jews and Judaism (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=778109 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1684534 ebrary EBRY ebr10870428 EBSCOhost EBSC 778109 Project MUSE MUSE muse32949 YBP Library Services YANK 11804576 92 N$T 54800 54800