THE VISUAL METAPHOR OF DISABILITY IN SARAH LEAVITT'S GRAPHIC MEMOIR TANGLES: A STORY ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S, MY MOTHER, AND ME

The genre of comics, as a cross-discursive medium, is prolific in the use of visual metaphor as a narrative technique and Leavitt's graphic memoir, in particular, employs visual metaphor in the depiction of her mother's experience of Alzheimer's, as someone slowly distancing herself from her family.

This article points to ways in which Sarah Leavitt's graphic memoir explores the potential of visual metaphor as an empowering narrative device in terms of representing disability.