JAJ : [graphic novel] a Haida manga / Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.
JAJ : [graphic novel] a Haida manga / Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.
Alternate Title
:
Johan Adrian Jacobsen
By
:
Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll.
Publication Date
:
2023
Publication Information
:
Madeira Park, B.C. : Douglas and McIntyre,
Physical Description
:
116 p. : col. ill.
Subject Term
:
Haida art.
Haida Indians -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- First contact with other peoples -- North America.
Geographic Term
:
British Columbia.
Genre
:
Graphic non-fiction.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
:
Visual artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas brings to life the tumultuous history of first contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples and the early colonization by the Europeans of the northern West Coast. Yahgulanaas uses a blend of traditional and modern art, eschewing the traditional boxes of comic books for the flowing shapes of North Pacific iconography. The panels are filled with colourful and expressive watercolour paintings. The panels of each page, if removed and assembled into one whole image, form a large image reminiscent of a woven robe. The story follows several historical figures, including Johan Adrian Jacobsen (JAJ), who comes to the Haida village of Masset to collect specimens for a German museum, through a time span that includes first contact, the devastation of the smallpox epidemic, and the mass resettlement of disenfranchised peoples, both Indigenous and European.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781771623537
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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Corner Brook | Adult NFic Indigenous Graphic Novel | Adult Non-Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | 971.10049 Y1 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic Indigenous Graphic Novel | Adult Non-Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel | 971.10049 Y1 |