ethnoGRAPHIC
This groundbreaking series realizes ethnographic research in graphic novel form. The series speaks to a growing interest in comics as a powerful narrative medium and to the desire for a more creative and collaborative anthropology that engages with the public on contemporary issues. Books in the series are informed by scholarship and combine text and images in ways that are accessible, open-ended, aesthetically rich, and that foster greater cross-cultural understanding.
Series Editors: Sherine Hamdy (University of California, Irvine) and Marc Parenteau (cartoonist)

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The King of Bangkok
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781487526412
Pub Date: November 2021
This beautifully illustrated graphic novel tells the history of contemporary Thailand through the life of a blind man who walks on the streets of the capital for the last time.
Light in Dark Times
The Human Search for Meaning
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781487526405
Pub Date: September 2020
At once historical and allegorical, Light in Dark Times is an illustrated ride crossing time, space, and place as the characters walk a difficult path while grasping a lifeline of hope on a journey through knowledge.
Gringo Love
Stories of Sex Tourism in Brazil
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781487594527
Pub Date: July 2020
Based on original ethnographic research in Brazil, this rich graphic narrative follows several local women as they negotiate the terms of their intimate relationships with foreign tourists and seek a different life for themselves.
Things That Art
A Graphic Menagerie of Enchanting Curiosity
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781487570552
Pub Date: September 2019
A show-and-tell book that questions the role that categories play in the way we think, hope, and create order in our minds and the world around us.
Lissa
A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution
Price: $31.95
ISBN: 9781487593476
Pub Date: November 2017
The first book in a new series, Lissa brings anthropological research to life in comic form, combining scholarly insights and accessible, visually-rich storytelling to foster greater understanding of global politics, inequalities, and solidarity.
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A Story of Weather and Finance at the Edge of Disaster
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781487542238
Pub Date: February 2023
This collaborative graphic novel explores issues of capitalism and climate change in Paraguay, raising questions about the limits of survival for humans, their food crops, and rural ways of life.

The King of Bangkok
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781487526412
Pub Date: November 2021
This beautifully illustrated graphic novel tells the history of contemporary Thailand through the life of a blind man who walks on the streets of the capital for the last time.
Light in Dark Times
The Human Search for Meaning
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781487526405
Pub Date: September 2020
At once historical and allegorical, Light in Dark Times is an illustrated ride crossing time, space, and place as the characters walk a difficult path while grasping a lifeline of hope on a journey through knowledge.
Gringo Love
Stories of Sex Tourism in Brazil
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781487594527
Pub Date: July 2020
Based on original ethnographic research in Brazil, this rich graphic narrative follows several local women as they negotiate the terms of their intimate relationships with foreign tourists and seek a different life for themselves.
Things That Art
A Graphic Menagerie of Enchanting Curiosity
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781487570552
Pub Date: September 2019
A show-and-tell book that questions the role that categories play in the way we think, hope, and create order in our minds and the world around us.
Lissa
A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution
Price: $31.95
ISBN: 9781487593476
Pub Date: November 2017
The first book in a new series, Lissa brings anthropological research to life in comic form, combining scholarly insights and accessible, visually-rich storytelling to foster greater understanding of global politics, inequalities, and solidarity.
Forecasts
A Story of Weather and Finance at the Edge of Disaster
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781487542238
Pub Date: February 2023
This collaborative graphic novel explores issues of capitalism and climate change in Paraguay, raising questions about the limits of survival for humans, their food crops, and rural ways of life.