Visual metaphor and embodiment in graphic illness narratives /
Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) claims that humans use their own bodies as a source of creativity for metaphors. Elisabeth El Refaie explores how metaphors change according to our body's alteration through diseases like cancer. Using an analysis of visual metaphor in thirty-five graphic illnes...
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | [2019] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) claims that humans use their own bodies as a source of creativity for metaphors. Elisabeth El Refaie explores how metaphors change according to our body's alteration through diseases like cancer. Using an analysis of visual metaphor in thirty-five graphic illness narratives, she re-examines embodiment in traditional Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and proposes the notion of ""dynamic embodiment."" |
Carrier Form: | vi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780190678173 0190678178 |
Index Number: | PN6714 |
CLC: |
J218.2 I06 |
Call Number: | I06/E489 |