The comic and the representation of massacre. Some hypothesis derived from the use of the animal suffering metaphor

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2012v5n9p163

Keywords:

Massacre. Genocide, Representation, Suffering, Animalization, History of culture, Genocide studies

Abstract

This article studies eight comics produced in different circumstances, some of them works of fiction, others refering to real events. It attempts to discover relationships between the representation of massacre and genocide and the use of metaphors of animal and human suffering.

Author Biographies

José Emilio Burucúa, Universidad Nacional de San Martin - UNSAM

Doctor in Philosophy and Letters from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Professor of the Humanities School, Universidad Nacional de General San Martin.

Nicolás Kwiatkowski, Universidad Nacional de San Martin - UNSAM

Doctor in History from the Faculdade de Filosofia e Letras da Universidad de Buenos Aires. Researcher at CONICET and professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín.

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Published

2012-08-17

How to Cite

BURUCÚA, José Emilio; KWIATKOWSKI, Nicolás. The comic and the representation of massacre. Some hypothesis derived from the use of the animal suffering metaphor. Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 9, p. 163–200, 2012. DOI: 10.5433/1984-3356.2012v5n9p163. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/12914. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.