Copyright (c) 2013 San Jose State University All rights reserved. http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub Recent documents in Faculty Publications en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:32:27 PDT 3600 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/19 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/19 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:55 PDT I have highlighted twenty-five concerns that I address when talking about the graphic novel in the many recent presentations I have conducted on this topic.

]]> Gail de Vos Selected Articles http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/18 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/18 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:52 PDT The reading process in comics is an extension of text. In text alone the process of reading involves word-to-image conversion. Comics accelerate that by providing the image. When properly executed, it goes beyond conversion and speed and becomes a seamless whole. In every sense, this misnamed form of reading is entitled to be regarded as literature because the images are employed as a language. There is a recognizable relationship to the iconography and pictographs of oriental writing. When this language is employed as a conveyance of ideas and information, it separates itself from mindless visual entertainment. This makes comics a storytelling medium.

]]> Gail de Vos Selected Articles http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/17 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/17 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:50 PDT What has happened to influence this change? First, the quality of comic books, particularly graphic novels, is now formally acknowledged. Graphic novels, the sturdy, lengthy comic books that contain one story or a set of related stories, are now being sporadically reviewed in selection journals as well as being the focus of a large number of recent articles. But the most compelling reason is wider awareness of our highly visual culture and its impact on our youth. Far from receiving stories from television and film passively, readers of comic books are actively constructing meaning from the text and illustrations and are sophisticated decoders of this new "language,” which is an iconographic narrative. Like well-crafted picture books, comic books are both verbal and visual, a hybrid in which words and illustrations work together to convey meaning. The differences between picture books and graphic novels are not as wide as some think: the work of illustrator Raymond Briggs (author of Father Christmas and The Snowman), for example, is highly regarded in both the worlds of children’s literature and comic books.

]]> Gail de Vos Selected Articles http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/16 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/16 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:46 PDT Danelle L. Moon http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/15 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/15 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:45 PDT Danelle L. Moon oral history, women's history, historigraphy http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/14 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/14 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:41 PDT Danelle L. Moon http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/13 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/13 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:37 PDT Danelle L. Moon Alice Paul, Florence Kitchelt, Dorothy Detzer http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/12 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/12 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:30 PDT Danelle L. Moon strategic planning, digital, SLIS students http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/11 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/11 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:28 PDT In this paper, I will explore the role of local peace activist and feminist, Florence Ledyard Kitchelt (1874-1961) in supporting social justice, equality, and world peace. In 1924 Kitchelt accepted a paid position with the Connecticut League of Nation’s Association (CLNA), and for nearly twenty years she served as secretary and director of the organization. Working through the CLNA she canvassed the state promoting peace education and to building support for the League of Nations and the World Court. In 1925 she traveled to Geneva to study the League of Nations and attended the Assembly. Between the wars she worked on the National Committee on the Cause for the Cure of War (NCCW), the Emergency Peace Campaign (EPC), and organized local disarmament conferences and Model Assemblies for high school students. As a peace activist and feminist, Kitchelt tenaciously held a global perspective and became a local advocate and organizer for human rights. Her peace activism intersected with her interests in women’s rights and social reform, and at the end of her life she worked with the National Women’s Party and other organizations to support the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. Her understanding of international law and belief in human rights inspired her to promote equal rights while supporting U.S. adoption of the United Nations Charter. Kitchelt’s work for international peace and promotion of the ERA reflect her views as a humanist and social activist.

]]> Danelle L. Moon http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/10 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/10 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:26 PDT Danelle L. Moon http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/9 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/9 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:25 PDT Danelle L. Moon http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/8 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/8 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:23 PDT Danelle L. Moon http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/7 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/7 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:20 PDT Danelle L. Moon feminist capital, Santa Clara County, San Jose, women and politics http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/6 http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/6 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:30:17 PDT Danelle L. Moon Alice Paul, Florence Kitchelt, Oral History, Suffrage