Graphic Narratives and the Mythological Imagination in India

by Roma Chatterji

Book Overview

This book explores graphic narratives and comics in India and demonstrates how these forms serve as sites on which myths are enacted and recast. It uses the case studies of a comics version of the Mahabharata War, a folk artist's rendition of a comic book story, and a commercial project to re-imagine two of India's most famous epics - the Ramayana and the Mahabharata - as science fiction and superhero tales.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367272873
• ISBN13: 9780367272876
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"