Othering Voices and the Voice of the Other: The Depiction of Joseph Merrick in From Hell
Othering Voices and the Voice of the Other: The Depiction of Joseph Merrick in From Hell
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他者的声音和他者的声音:《来自地狱》中对约瑟夫·梅里克的描述
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-658-30116-3_7
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通讯作者:
Natalie Veith
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作者:
Natalie Veith
Focusing on how Joseph Merrick, also known as ‘The Elephant Man’, is depicted in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s comicFrom Hell, this contribution follows a twofold approach. First, it shows howFrom Hellmakes use of the medium-specific possibilities of comics in depicting Merrick’s speech impairment and how this stylistic repertoire is used to turn disability into agency. Despite his underprivileged position within the storyworld, the depiction of his disability increases his individuality on the discourse level and emphasises the symbolic significance of the episodes in which he appears. Second, this contribution focuses on the comic’s critical depiction of the normalising and authoritative force of media. By referencing a corpus of previous mediations of Merrick’s life, the comic highlights the necessarily intermedial context within which such depictions of him are situated, thus revealing ‘The Elephant Man’ as a composite media figure.
DOI:
10.2307/462578
发表时间:
1989
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PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
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作者:
W. E. Holladay;Stephen Watt
通讯作者:
Stephen Watt
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0.1
作者:
A. Smith
通讯作者:
A. Smith
影响因子:
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作者:
Hanjo Berressem;Anne Waldschmidt;M. Ingwersen
通讯作者:
M. Ingwersen