{"product_id":"storytelling-in-kabuki-an-exploration-of-spatial-poetics-of-comics-paperback","title":"Storytelling in Kabuki: An Exploration of Spatial Poetics of Comics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteen Ledet Christiansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteen Ledet Christiansen's \u003cem\u003eStorytelling in \"Kabuki\"\u003c\/em\u003e explores the series created by David Mack--a slow, recursive narrative that focuses on the death of Kabuki and her past. The series ran from 1994 to 2004 in a variety of miniseries, one-shots, and spin-offs, rather than following a conventional American monthly release schedule. Most of the series explores different perspectives on the same event and adds background to Kabuki's past, usually through surreal sequences, dreams, and near-death experiences. The flexibility of comics' approach to chronology, space, focalization, narrative, and fictionality enabled Mack to produce an unusual experience. \u003cem\u003eKabuki\u003c\/em\u003e tells a story that can only exist via comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Christiansen analyzes the visual design of the series, a heterogeneous collection of styles depending on the story. To understand \u003cem\u003eKabuki\u003c\/em\u003e, it is crucial to explore the visual styles, as well as the use of visual and spatial rhymes and mixed media forms. Because \u003cem\u003eKabuki\u003c\/em\u003e employs a complex layering of focalizations, diegetic levels, and metafictional self-reflectivity that is rare in mainstream American comics, it utilizes a narrative poetics that focuses on constant repeating, restating, and returning to the same events. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKabuki\u003c\/em\u003e's unique compositional layering allows Christiansen to provide a clear example of how comics work while also expanding on critical vocabulary, especially in terms of spatial poetics. By exploring spatial form, Christiansen illuminates and gives a critical framework to a different and underexamined aspect of comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteen Ledet Christiansen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of culture, media, and aesthetics at Aalborg University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eDrone Age Cinema: Action Films and Sensory Assault\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New Cinematic Weird: Atmospheres and Worldings\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteen Ledet Christiansen\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of culture, media, and aesthetics at Aalborg University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDrone Age Cinema: Action Films and Sensory Assault\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Cinematic Weird: Atmospheres and Worldings\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45595588165676,"sku":"9781496226686","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/storytelling-in-kabuki-an-exploration-of-spatial-poetics-of-comics-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}