Borders, migrations, translations
Italian comics journalism reframing the Mediterranean crossings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22003542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alessia Mangiavillano (0000-0002-1052-1614, Coventry University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 572-589 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2150-4857 • E-ISSN: 2150-4865 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21504857.2023.2182333 |
| OpenAlex | W4323265933 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Comics journalism bears testimony to different kinds of stories in the context of humanitarian witnessing, including personal relationships to the people who flee conflicts and the connections we make through languages. Over the latest years, the number of refugees and other migrants who crossed the Mediterranean in search of protection or a better life in Europe increased considerably. By focusing on two Italian examples of comics journalism, this article aims to answer the question: how does Italian comics journalism contribute to shaping our understanding of the crossing of borders in the Mediterranean region? By ‘our,’ I mean people living in Europe and the Global North more broadly. Grounding the analysis in the context of theoretical comics approaches, the first section explores the storylines as it situates the work of the authors within a precise socio-political framework. The second section discusses the documentary significance of both comics within the European discourse that tend to silence people on the move. After highlighting the potential of the decolonising multilingualism approach (Phipps Citation2019) for Comics Studies, the conclusion calls for greater exchange between journalism, migration studies, and comics scholarship
Archaeology · Art · Cognitive reframing · Comics · Journalism · Literature · Media studies · Mediterranean climate · Sociology · Visual arts · Comics and Graphic Narratives · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology
Disaster Drawn
The Psychosocial Effects of Torture, Mass Human Rights Violations, and Refugee Trauma
Working Images
Black Spaces
Unravelling Europe's 'Migration Crisis'
Local identity and the reception of refugees
Homo Sacer
The European media discourse on immigration and its effects
L’immigrazione spiegata ai bambini. Il viaggio di Amal
Voice and community in the 2015 refugee crisis
The duty to rescue at sea, in peacetime and in war
Do Marginalized Sources Matter
Tortured bodies’
Refugee settlement and the revival of local communities
Uncertainty, Threat, and the Role of the Media in Promoting the Dehumanization of Immigrants and Refugees
Anti-immigration attitudes and the opposition to European integration
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