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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
Contributor:
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969- editor.
González, Christopher, editor.
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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