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Lessons in Graphic Nonfiction: John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell's March Trilogy and Civil Rights Pedagogy.
- Source :
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Journal of American Studies . Jul2021, Vol. 55 Issue 3, p620-656. 37p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Playing into the master narrative of the US civil rights movement, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell's March trilogy negotiates not only the movement's tactics and achievements, but also its initial mediation through photography and television and its ongoing remediation. Taking the memoir's urge to teach as a starting point, this article assesses its didactic impulses and implications, combining a historiographic approach with an assessment of the narrative's visual construction. The article highlights the trilogy's potentials and shortcomings as an intervention into civil rights memory and outlines a metacritical pedagogy through which March can become potent classroom material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GRAPHIC nonfiction
*CIVIL rights movements
*MEMOIRS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218758
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of American Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151287438
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875820000699