Transgenerational Trauma in Comic Books

IF 0.1 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Kosta Bovan
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Abstract

Transgenerational trauma refers to the situation where children are traumatized‎by the experiences of their (grand)parents. It is a unique combination of‎individual, familial, and collective (cultural) traumatic processes. The intertwining‎of these processes poses a particular representational challenge, one‎that could be overcome by the comics medium. It was proposed by various‎authors that the visual language of comics is particularly useful for portraying‎traumatic experiences, such as the fragmentation of time, trauma’s belatedness‎and the haunting presence of the past. In this article I analyse two‎graphic novels, Heimat: A German Family Album by Nora Krug and Sunday’s‎Child by Serena Katt, both of which explore the transgenerational perpetrator‎trauma, and the roles the authors’ families had during the Second World War.‎I show how the authors use representational and aesthetic choices that help‎them convey the process of fact-searching as well as emotional engagement‎and imagination that is characteristic for transgenerational trauma.‎
漫画书中的跨代创伤
跨代创伤(Transgenerational trauma)指的是孩子们因祖父母的经历而受到创伤的情况。它是个人、家庭和集体(文化)创伤过程的独特结合。这些过程的交织构成了一个特殊的代表性挑战,一个可以被漫画媒介克服的挑战。许多作者都提出,漫画的视觉语言对于描绘创伤经历特别有用,比如时间的碎片化、创伤的迟来性和过去挥之不去的存在。在这篇文章中,我分析了两部图画小说,诺拉·克鲁格的《海玛特:德国家庭相册》和塞蕾娜·凯特的《星期日的孩子》,这两部小说都探讨了跨代犯罪者的创伤,以及作者的家庭在第二次世界大战期间所扮演的角色。我展示了作者如何使用代表性和美学的选择,帮助他们传达事实搜索的过程,以及情感参与和想象力,这是跨代创伤的特征
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CiteScore
0.40
自引率
33.30%
发文量
11
审稿时长
3 weeks
期刊介绍: “Politička misao” je akademski časopis za politologiju i srodne discipline, koji od 1964. godine izdaje Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Časopis je u pola stoljeća izlaženja stekao reputaciju središnjeg akademskog politološkog časopisa u Hrvatskoj i šire, naročito u nekadašnjoj Jugoslaviji, te u regiji koju čine post-jugoslavenske zemlje. “Politička misao” objavljuje priloge iz područja političkih znanosti i političkih studija općenito, odnosno iz svih poddisciplina politologije: političke teorije, međunarodnih odnosa, komparativne politike, hrvatske politike, javne politike, područnih studija, političke komunikacije, obrambenih i sigurnosnih studija i dr. Također, objavljujemo i članke iz područja koje nije moguće jednoznačno klasificirati po njihovoj pripadnosti samo jednoj disciplini nego se nalaze na „granici“ između dviju ili više disciplina: političke povijesti, ekonomske politike, političke filozofije, političke sociologije, političke psihologije, medijskih i kulturalnih studija i sl. Kao izdanje Fakulteta političkih znanosti u Zagrebu, objavljujemo i članke koji su neposredno vezani uz studijske programe na tom fakultetu. “Politička misao” je posebno zainteresirana za radove o hrvatskoj politici i društvu, za radove koji analiziraju Hrvatsku u globalnom kontekstu, kao i za radove koji istražuju politiku i društvo na Balkanu i u Jugoistočnoj Europi, u Europskoj uniji, u susjedstvu Europske unije, te na Mediteranu – regijama s kojima Hrvatska ima neposredni dodir.
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