“My face! give it back!” : interrogating mask metaphors and identification in Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics
This thesis argues that one way to resolve some of the discrepancies in the theory of identification proposed by Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics, such as his mask metaphor, is to approach his theory via theatrical conceits. By thinking of identification in the terms of an actor playing a maske...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35009 |