Those of you who were unable to attend my presentation at the Comics & Medicine conference this past July may listen to the online podcast, which may be played at http://www.graphicmedicine.org/new-podcast-graphic-fiction/ (requires Quicktime) or downloaded from https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/graphic-medicine-podcast/id552404959 (requires iTunes).
****** This panel from the 2012 Toronto Comics & Medicine conference was moderated by Shelley Wall. First up is Steven Bergson, an administrator in the Research Department of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Vice-President of the Ontario chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries. He also maintains three blogs on the subject of the representation of Jews and Israelis in comix, including this one. Of his presentation, “From Ivanhoe to Rex Mundi: Jews and Medicine in Comic Books, Comic Strips, and Graphic Novels” he writes, Although the number of examples is quite small, a content analysis of certain comics can provide insight into six areas which have been overlooked by comix scholars: the humourous use of the Jewish doctor stereotype, the portrayal of Jews as patients, the portrayal of Jews as healers, the portrayal of Jews as victims of Nazi doctors, the portrayal of Jewish contributions to medicine (by non-physicians), and the portrayal of Jewish medical ethics. You can find the titles and images from all the comics depicting Jewish doctors/medicine that Steven discusses in this Flickr photo pool - http://www.flickr.com/photos/84049672@N03/sets/72157630892853648/. Feedback is welcome (offlist) at safran-...@yahoo.com. Steven M . Bergson Jewish Comics Blog http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
