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)
by Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri and Chiara Natalucci
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.
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.
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.
A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution
by Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye
By (artist) Sarula Bao and Caroline Brewer
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.
A Story of Weather and Finance at the Edge of Disaster
by Caroline E. Schuster
Illustrated by Enrique Bernardou and David Bueno
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.
