Craig Thompson, Habibi

Rachel Fox (University of Kent at Canterbury)

Ed. by Padraig Kirwan, Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2011

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Graphic / Comic

Resources

Craig Thompson achieved critical acclaim for his semi-biopic graphic novel, Blankets (2003), a 592 page volume that charted his childhood experiences growing up in a fundamentalist Christian family, and his ultimate disillusion with his faith. His equally long graphic novel, Habibi (2011), departs from this setting, turning towards a fictional narrative that grapples with contexts pertaining to Islam and the Middle East. But even here Thompson’s knowledge of Christianity has clearly still influenced his work. Thompson’s coverage of religion in this text is fuelled by his interest “in the connections between the Abrahamic faiths” (Thompson qtd. in Armstrong (2011) n. pag), and he seeks to build the dialogue across …

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Citation: Fox, Rachel. "Habibi". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 May 2016 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35696, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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