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Graphic borders : Latino comic books past, present, and future / edited by Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González.
Van Pelt Library PN6790.L29 G73 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- World comics and graphic nonfiction series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--Latin America--Criticism and interpretation.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Latin America--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Latin America.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects--Latin America.
- Popular culture--Latin America.
- Popular culture.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Graphic novels.
- Physical Description:
- x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Latino comic books past, present, and future
- Subtitle on cover: Latino comic books past, present, & future
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Part I Alternativas
- 1 Out of Sequence: Time and Meaning in Los Bros Hernandez / Patrick L. Hamilton Hamilton, Patrick L. 25
- 2 Recreative Graphic Novel Acts in Gilbert Hernandez's Twenty-First-Century Neo-Noirs / Frederick Luis Aldama Aldama, Frederick Luis 41
- 3 Three Decades with Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez: An Odyssey by Interview / Christopher Gonzalez Gonzalez, Christopher 64
- Part II Cuerpo Comics
- 4 Biographic Challenges: Wilfred Santiago's 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente / Christopher González González, Christopher 83
- 5 Wrestling with Comic Genres and Genders: Luchadores as Signifiers in Sonambulo and Locos / Ellen M. Gil-Gómez Gil-Gómez, Ellen M. 109
- Part III Tortilla Strips
- 6 Latino Identity and the Market: Making Sense of Cantú and Castellanos's Baldo / Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste L'Hoeste, Héctor Fernández 133
- 7 The Archeology of the Post-social in the Comics of Lalo Alcaraz: La Cucaracba and Migra Mouse: Political Cartoons on Immigration / Juan Poblete Poblete, Juan 152
- 8 My Debt to Rius / Ilan Stavans Stavans, Ilan 169
- Part IV A Bird, a Plane ... Straight and Queer Super-Lats
- 7 The Alien Is Here to Stay: Otherness, Anti-Assimilation, and Empowerment in Latino/a Superhero Comics / Mauricio Espinoza Espinoza, Mauricio 181
- 10 Anya Sofia (Araña) Corazón: The Inner Webbings and Mexi-Ricanization of Spider-Girl / Isabel Millán Millán, Isabel 203
- 11 Revealing Secret Identities: Gay Latino Superheroes and the Necessity of Disclosure / Richard T. Rodríguez Rodríguez, Richard T. 224
- Part V Multiverses, Admixtures, and More
- 12 Everybody Wants to Rule the Multiverse: Latino Spider-Men in Marvel's Media Empire / Kathryn M. Frank Frank, Kathryn M. 241
- 13 Mapping the Blatino Badlands and Borderlands of American Pop Culture / Adilifu Nama Nama, Adilifu, Maya Haddad Haddad, Maya 252
- 14 The Paradox of Miles Morales: Social Gatekeeping and the Browning of America's Spider-Man / Brian Montes Montes, Brian 269.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781477309148
- 1477309144
- 9781477309155
- 1477309152
- OCLC:
- 920966195
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