Friday, November 30, 2018 12:30pm to 12am
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101 E. Centennial Walk , Louisville, Kentucky, 40208
https://uofldiscourseandsemiotics.wordpress.comJoin the Discourse and Semiotics Workshop for a presentation by English professor Karen Chandler.
Abstract: In Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, graphic artist Joel Christian Gill seems to avoid the tendency of much historical writing for young readers to align protagonists with what Sara Schwebel calls “the narrative of progress we tell that disguises continued inequalities and ongoing resentment and distrust.” On the one hand, the graphic biographical sketches in Strange Fruitoften provide unsettling visions of the past that discourage complacency and prompt questions about the possibilities of justice for black persons within U.S. society. On the other hand, Gill relies on dominant cultural myths of masculine individualism and exceptionalism that are hallmarks of stories about making progress and fulfilling the American dream. In this paper, I concentrate on these contradictions as they appear in Gill’s chapter on the Henry Box Brown, paying special attention to its use of irony, stereotype, and repetition.
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