Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders by Heike Bauer Holocaust History Lesser Ury

Lesser Ury

An illuminating look at the ways in which Yiddish culture was maintained in North America

and social justice was only a chorus away

Photography and Jewish History moves beyond a focus on Jewish photographers or the photographic representation of Jews or Jewish visibility to plumb the deeper and more significant registers of twentieth-century Jewish political history

Containing jokes to tell children

Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders by Heike Bauer Holocaust History Lesser UryIn this groundbreaking collection of essays, interviews, and artwork, contributors draw upon a rich treasure trove of Jewish womens comics to explore the representation of Jewish womens bodies and bodily experience in pictorial narratives. Spanning national, cultural, and artistic borders, the essays shine a light on the significant contributions of Jewish women to comics. The volume features established figures including Emil Ferris, Amy Kurzweil,