Elisabeth El Refaie: 3 books

Book cover of Autobiographical Comics

Autobiographical Comics

Life Writing in Pictures

by Elisabeth El Refaie
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012

A troubled childhood in Iran. Living with a disability. Grieving for a dead child. Over the last forty years the comic book has become an increasingly popular way of telling personal stories of considerable complexity and depth. In Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures, Elisabeth...
Book cover of Visual Metaphor and Embodiment in Graphic Illness Narratives
by Elisabeth El Refaie
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018

Metaphors help us understand abstract concepts, emotions, and social relations through the concrete experience of our own bodies. Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), which dominates the field of contemporary metaphor studies, is centered on this claim. According to this theory, correlations in the way...
Book cover of Autobiographical Comics

Autobiographical Comics

Life Writing in Pictures

by Elisabeth El Refaie
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012

A troubled childhood in Iran. Living with a disability. Grieving for a dead child. Over the last forty years the comic book has become an increasingly popular way of telling personal stories of considerable complexity and depth. In Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures, Elisabeth...
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