Trafford Publishing: The September Dialogues

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The September Dialogues

by Lee Doran; Illustrated by Jason Kieffer

63 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); Graphic novel; catalogue #06-0993; ISBN 1-4120-9239-6; US$9.99, C$11.51, EUR8.39, £5.88

The September Dialogues is about the domestication of human violence. It explores, in a comic for adults, the links between the personal, familial and institutional expressions of violence.

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About the Book

Relationship issues at work resulted in our protagonist, Mr. M, or Bill for short, meeting a therapist ('Doc') for regular discussions. The September Dialogues summarize their talks. There are twelve dialogues, divided into three quartets.
The quartets' themes for exploring the linkages to human violence are:

Group membership (male): its expectations, values, outcomes and behaviors
Civilization: the pivotal role of violence in its structure and functioning
Female: exploring whether human females in groups would behave similarly

First Quartet: Groups
How does human membership in groups influence their behaviour, including violence, as individuals?
Second Quartet: Civilization
How civilization still operates through its ancient structures and processes, including violence.
Third Quartet: Female
Exploring whether human females in groups would respond in the traditional ways, as well?

About the Author and Illustrator
The Author
Lee Doran is an environmental consultant and writer. For many years, he has been exploring the links between the various academic disciplines that study human nature. His latest foray along these lines was Are They Human Yet?(Trafford, 2001).
The Illustrator
Jason Kieffer is a cartoonist and illustrator working out of Toronto. He self-publishes his comic book Downtown Toronto and his work has appeared in a number of newspapers around the city.

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