Heroes and Legends: African-American Identity in Graphic Novels and Comic Books
Author
Ashley, Jamica C.
Abstract
This thesis compares the short stories of Richard Wright in Uncle Tom’s Children and Alice Walker’s The Third Life of Grange Copeland with Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Ayden’s graphic novel March: Book I, Max Brooks’s Harlem Hellfighters, and Dwayne McDuffie’s comic book collections “Icon: Mothership Connection” and “Icon: A Hero’s Welcome.” The comparison will show the ability of graphic narratives to contribute to the broader discussion of racial identity while highlighting the similarities between the examples. This thesis sheds light on the graphic narrative genre as a staple in the identity of many black Americans.
Date
2015-12-15
Citation:
APA:
Ashley, Jamica C..
(December 2015).
Heroes and Legends: African-American Identity in Graphic Novels and Comic Books
(Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5131.)
MLA:
Ashley, Jamica C..
Heroes and Legends: African-American Identity in Graphic Novels and Comic Books.
Master's Thesis. East Carolina University,
December 2015. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5131.
September 30, 2023.
Chicago:
Ashley, Jamica C.,
“Heroes and Legends: African-American Identity in Graphic Novels and Comic Books”
(Master's Thesis., East Carolina University,
December 2015).
AMA:
Ashley, Jamica C..
Heroes and Legends: African-American Identity in Graphic Novels and Comic Books
[Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
December 2015.
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Publisher
East Carolina University