Re:Not even western centric
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But from a cultural studies standpoint, this can prod academics to mostly focus on US graphic novels as opposed to a more broad view. I believe the situation with graphic novels is not as heavily centered/developed in a regional sense compared with literature, so this means that there has to be representation for Asia and Europe, that they must have a voice that tries to make a canon reading for the public and academic.
Re:From reading the summary....
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Yes, the problematic of the book is that it is Western-centric. In doing so without any more qualifiers of the nature of the book, it exerts the notion of a universal canon across different regions without regard for the nature of other regions (what can be canonical reading for Asian audiences is not necessarily canonical elsewhere).
Thus the issue arising out of this is creating a European and Asian canon to comics/graphic novels.
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But from a cultural studies standpoint, this can prod academics to mostly focus on US graphic novels as opposed to a more broad view. I believe the situation with graphic novels is not as heavily centered/developed in a regional sense compared with literature, so this means that there has to be representation for Asia and Europe, that they must have a voice that tries to make a canon reading for the public and academic.
Yes, the problematic of the book is that it is Western-centric. In doing so without any more qualifiers of the nature of the book, it exerts the notion of a universal canon across different regions without regard for the nature of other regions (what can be canonical reading for Asian audiences is not necessarily canonical elsewhere). Thus the issue arising out of this is creating a European and Asian canon to comics/graphic novels.