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" New Tools for Storytelling: Flexible Ethnicity and Adaptation in Comics & Television "
Abby E. Barlok
Peterson, James B.; Krasas, Jackie
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804585
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TL49418
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1915935303; 10278661
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Dahdal, Sylvia H.
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New Tools for Storytelling: Flexible Ethnicity and Adaptation in Comics Television\ Abby E. BarlokPeterson, James B.; Krasas, Jackie
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Lehigh University
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2017
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M.A.
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American Studies
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2017
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62
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-84484-9
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| Abstract
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This thesis examines different forms of storytelling by using graphic novels, comic books and television series to efficiently do so. The first chapter features a fairly new comic called <i>Ms. Marvel</i> where the superhero is a teenage Muslim instead of the traditional blue-eyed, blonde-haired superhero. The chapter describes Marvel Comics’ direction of changing ethnicity, sex, gender, etc. to better suit the vastly-growing and diverse consumer market. Chapter two concentrates on the tool of flashbacks in a comic called <i>Bitch Planet</i> and in a television show called <i> Orange is the New Black.</i> The use of flashbacks is investigated, further demonstrating its ability to humanize characters. Chapter three focuses on adaptation as a form, tracing its roots from creation to present-day. In the chapter, I discuss the call and current need for changes within adaptations. I also examine an original comic called <i>Preacher,</i> while also comparing it to the newly-finished TV series adaptation by the same name. Throughout the three chapters, portable ethnicity, flashbacks and adaptation are all a common theme and all play a part in the storytelling of these pieces.
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American studies; American literature; Mass communications
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Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Adaptations;Comics;Flashbacks;Flexible ethnicity;Storytelling;Television
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Peterson, James B.; Krasas, Jackie
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American StudiesLehigh University
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