Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | Narratives of Violence
Chapter | Representations of Violence and Exile in Leila Abdelrazaq’ Baddawi
Representations of Violence and Exile in Leila Abdelrazaq’ Baddawi
Abstract
Leila Abdelrazaq’s graphic memoir Baddawi (2015), an example of postmemory and testimonial writing, reconstructs her father’s childhood and teenage memories in the eponymous refugee camp in Lebanon. This chapter analyzes the graphic representations of violence and exile in Abdelrazaq’s work and the possibilities of illustrating both through a non-naturalistic approach. Through visual and thematic analysis, this chapter attempts to answer whether Abdelrazaq is finally able to meet the ethical challenge of representing violence and Palestinian refugee identity in a comic suitable for all audiences.
Submitted: Jan. 20, 2021 | Accepted: July 1, 2021 | Published Oct. 21, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Testimonial narrative • Palestine • Exile • Graphic memoir • Symbolic violence • Ethics • Systemic violence
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