Seek you : a journey through American loneliness / Kristen Radtke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radtke, Kristen, author, artist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Loneliness--Comic books, strips, etc.

Loneliness.

Interpersonal relations--Comic books, strips, etc.

Interpersonal relations.

Social psychology--Comic books, strips, etc.

Social psychology.

Genre:

Nonfiction comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Social issue comics.

Psychological comics.

Physical Description:

352 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Journey through American loneliness

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]

Summary:

"When Kristen Radtke was in her twenties, she learned that, as her father was growing up, he would crawl onto his roof in rural Wisconsin and send signals out on his ham radio. Those CQ calls were his attempt to reach somebody--anybody--who would respond. In Seek You, Radtke uses this image as her jumping off point into a piercing exploration of loneliness and the ways in which we attempt to feel closer to one another. She looks at the very real current crisis of loneliness through the lenses of gender, violence, technology, and art. Ranging from the invention of the laugh-track to Instagram to Harry Harlow's experiments in which infant monkeys were given inanimate surrogate mothers, Radtke uncovers all she can about how we engage with friends, family, and strangers alike, and what happens--to us and to them--when we disengage."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-352).

Other Format:

Online version: Radtke, Kristen, Seek you

ISBN:

9781524748067

1524748064

OCLC:

1193559561