SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Comics: Becoming Unbecoming

»Becoming Unbecoming is a 2015 graphic novel by English author Una. It depicts the effects of misogyny and sexism on twelve-year old Una growing up in northern England in 1977 while the Yorkshire Ripper is on the loose, creating a panic among townspeople. The novel follows two different timelines. The first deals with the rape of the author, and her subsequent harassment and shaming by the community. The second deals with the British police manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, show how police frequently blamed the victims instead of following leads.« -- More information: Wikipedia

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Appleton, Catherine, et al. »Filling the Silence: Giving Voice to Gender Violence in Una's Graphic Novel Becoming Unbecoming.« International Research in Children's Literature 11 (2018): 47-64.

[Info] Baeza Ruiz, Ana. »Una's Becoming Unbecoming, Visuality, and Sexual Trauma.« Documenting Trauma in Comics: Traumatic Pasts, Embodied Histories, and Graphic Reportage. Edited by Dominic Davies et al. Cham 2020: 221-241.

[Info] Donovan, Courtney, et al. »Graphic Narratives, Trauma and Social Justice.« Studies in Social Justice 11 (2017): 221-237.

[Info] Mehdya. »Representing Sexual Assault and Trauma in Una’s Becoming Unbecoming and Courtney Summers’s All the Rage.« International Journal of English Language, Education and Literature Studies 3 (2024): 13-18.

[Info] Michael, Olga. »PTSD and female sexuality in the aftermath of childhood and adolescent sexual abuse in Una's Becoming Unbecoming.« Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 11 (2020): 394-411.

II. Speaker Index