“We are Just as Confused and Lost as She is”: The Primacy of the Graphic Novel Form in Exploring Conversations Around Deafness

Kersten, Sara

doi:10.1007/s10583-017-9323-9

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“…(Bell 2015). Human-like features in Bell's self-representation as an anthropomorphic rabbit with long dysfunctional ears highlight her notably human behaviour, affection, and emotions, thus proving the experience of deafness, particularly Bell's experiences as deaf (Kersten 2017).…”

Section: Anthropomorphism: a Disruption Of Animal And Human Limitsmentioning

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Self-reflexive Anthropomorphism in Cece Bell’s Autobiographical Comics: A Study of the Transgressions of Narrative Levels

Takakura¹

2023

R. Ilha do Desterro A J. of En. Language Lit. in English and Cu

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Cece Bell released her autobiographical comic El Deafo (2014) in print and digital versions, transposing herself into the anthropomorphic rabbit Cece, who speaks of her hearing loss experience at four after having contracted meningitis. Young Cece wears a hearing aid on her long rabbit ears, showing her animal, human, and technological hybrid body to others. Nevertheless, she assumes the identity of the superhero “El Deafo,” her alter-ego, to cope with her daily challenges in a community composed mostly of hearing individuals, first as an escape to her imaginary world and later for accepting her identity as deaf. This paper aims to analyse El Deafo as an autobiographical comic, considering the representation of deafness through an unstable hybrid body and a transgression of the narrative levels based on the notion of metalepsis, drawn by Genette, Kukkonen, and Ryan in various media.

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Section: Anthropomorphism: a Disruption Of Animal And Human Limitsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Self-reflexive Anthropomorphism in Cece Bell’s Autobiographical Comics: A Study of the Transgressions of Narrative Levels

Takakura¹

2023

R. Ilha do Desterro A J. of En. Language Lit. in English and Cu

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Developing Disciplinary Literacy Practices with Comics: Highlighting Students’ Strengths, Questionings, and Knowings in School Spaces

Dallacqua

Kachorsky²,

Kersten‐Parrish³

2022

Teaching With Comics

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Sounds and Silence Made Visible: Cece Bell’s El Deafo (2014)

Saudo-Welby

2024

Palgrave Studies in Life Writing

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“We are Just as Confused and Lost as She is”: The Primacy of the Graphic Novel Form in Exploring Conversations Around Deafness

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Self-reflexive Anthropomorphism in Cece Bell’s Autobiographical Comics: A Study of the Transgressions of Narrative Levels

Self-reflexive Anthropomorphism in Cece Bell’s Autobiographical Comics: A Study of the Transgressions of Narrative Levels

Developing Disciplinary Literacy Practices with Comics: Highlighting Students’ Strengths, Questionings, and Knowings in School Spaces

Sounds and Silence Made Visible: Cece Bell’s El Deafo (2014)

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