Comics and the Senses (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

Attempts to define what comics are and explain how they work have not always been successful because they are premised upon the idea that comic strips, comic books and graphic novels are inherently and almost exclusively visual. This book challenges that premise, and asserts that comics is not just a visual medium. The book outlines the multisensory aspects of comics: the visual, audible, tactile, olfactory and gustatory elements of the medium. It rejects a synaesthetic approach (by which all the senses are engaged through visual stimuli) and instead argues for a truly multisensory model by which the direct stimulation of the reader’s physical senses can be understood. A wide range of examples demonstrates how multisensory communication systems work in both commercial and more experimental contexts. The book concludes with a case study that looks at the works of Alan Moore and indicates areas of interest that multisensory analysis can draw out, but which are overlooked by more conventional approaches.

Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Hague, Ian

History & Price Guides

Routledge

Contexts of Violence in Comics (Routledge Advances in Comics Studies)

This book is part of a nuanced two-volume examination of the ways in which violence in comics is presented in different texts, genres, cultures and contexts. Contexts of Violence in Comics asks the reader to consider the ways in which violence and its representations may be enabled or restricted by the contexts in which they take place. It analyzes how structures and organising principles, be they cultural, historical, legal, political or spatial, might encourage, demand or prevent violence. It deals with the issue of scale: violence in the context of war versus violence in the context of an individual murder, and provides insights into the context of war and peace, ethnic and identity-based violence, as well as examining issues of justice and memory. This will be a key text and essential reference for scholars and students at all levels in Comics Studies, and Cultural and Media Studies more generally.

Horton, Ian

Mickwitz, Nina

Graphic Novels

Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

Multiculturalism, and its representation, has long presented challenges for the medium of comics. This book presents a wide ranging survey of the ways in which comics have dealt with the diversity of creators and characters and the (lack of) visibility for characters who don’t conform to particular cultural stereotypes. Contributors engage with ethnicity and other cultural forms from Israel, Romania, North America, South Africa, Germany, Spain, U.S. Latino and Canada and consider the ways in which comics are able to represent multiculturalism through a focus on the formal elements of the medium. Discussion themes include education, countercultures, monstrosity, the quotidian, the notion of the ‘other," anthropomorphism, and colonialism. Taking a truly international perspective, the book brings into dialogue a broad range of comics traditions.

Arts & Photography

The EU's adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards has necessitated a significant shift from national accounting standards. IAS 32 and 39 are the most complex. Applying International Financial Reporting Standards: Financial Instruments breaks down the intricacies of IAS 32 and IAS 39 into a step-by-step approach, explaining the requirements of the standards and how to apply them. Worked examples throughout cover a range of possibilities from straightforward situations to complex issues encountered by multi-national enterprises. Vital areas covered include: how to classify financial assets into the four types defined by the standards, and what treatment is applicable for each type; approaches to determining fair value for these instruments; hedge accounting - where and when this is permitted; how to present financial instruments, their losses and gains, in the balance sheet and profit and loss; where these standards differ from UK and US GAAP. Written by Ian Hague, an industry expert who has been closely involved with the development of the standards, Applying International Financial Reporting Standards: Financial Instruments is an invaluable reference book for anyone preparing, auditing or using financial statements.

Applying International Financial Reporting Standards: Financial Instruments

Business & Money

Bloomsbury Professional

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