Academic Writing Director to Discuss New Book at 92Y
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American comics reflect the sensibilities and experiences of the Jewish-American men who played an outsized role in creating them, but what about the contributions of Jewish women?
Professor Oksman analyzes the visionary work of seven contemporary female Jewish cartoonists to show us the ambiguous, unstable, and contradictory figurations in these artists’ representations of Jewishness.
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About the Book
Dr. Oksman isolates the dynamic Jewishness that connects each frame in the autobiographical comics of Aline Kominsky Crumb, Vanessa Davis, Miss Lasko-Gross, Lauren Weinstein, Sarah Glidden, Miriam Libicki, and Liana Finck. Rooted in a conception of identity based as much on rebellion as identification and belonging, these artists’ representations of Jewishness take shape in the spaces between how we see ourselves and how others see us. They experiment with different representations and affiliations without forgetting that identity ties the self to others. Stemming from Kominsky Crumb’s iconic 1989 comic “Nose Job,” in which her alter ego refuses to assimilate through cosmetic surgery, Oksman’s study is an arresting exploration of invention in the face of the pressure to disappear.
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Published: January 15, 2016
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