Graphic Borders: Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future
Frederick Lu Aldama
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Description for Graphic Borders: Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future
Hardback. Editor(s): Aldama, Frederick Luis; Gonzalez, Christopher. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 51 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
From the influential work of Los Bros Hernandez in Love & Rockets, to comic strips and political cartoons, to traditional superheroes made nontraditional by means of racial and sexual identity (e.g., Miles Morales/Spider-Man), comics have become a vibrant medium to express Latino identity and culture. Indeed, Latino fiction and nonfiction narratives are rapidly proliferating in graphic media as diverse and varied in form and content as is the whole of Latino culture today. Graphic Borders presents the most thorough exploration of comics by and about Latinos currently available. Thirteen essays and one interview by eminent ... Read more
From the influential work of Los Bros Hernandez in Love & Rockets, to comic strips and political cartoons, to traditional superheroes made nontraditional by means of racial and sexual identity (e.g., Miles Morales/Spider-Man), comics have become a vibrant medium to express Latino identity and culture. Indeed, Latino fiction and nonfiction narratives are rapidly proliferating in graphic media as diverse and varied in form and content as is the whole of Latino culture today. Graphic Borders presents the most thorough exploration of comics by and about Latinos currently available. Thirteen essays and one interview by eminent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
Condition
New
Weight
623g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477309148
SKU
V9781477309148
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About Frederick Lu Aldama
FREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA is Professor of English and Comparative Studies and Director of Latino Studies at Ohio State University, Columbus. His seven previous books include Spilling the Beans in Chicanolandia: Conversations with Writers and Artists. Christopher Gonzalez is an assistant professor of English at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Reviews for Graphic Borders: Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future
The anthology undoubtedly advances the scholarship on Latin@ comics in resourceful ways, as it brings to the fore the Latin@ intellectual multiverse.
Latino Studies
The essays in Graphic Borders do not fail to amaze, and the marshalling of such a wide variety of topics and comics by Aldama and Gonzalez is nothing short of breathtaking. Whether ... Read more
Latino Studies
The essays in Graphic Borders do not fail to amaze, and the marshalling of such a wide variety of topics and comics by Aldama and Gonzalez is nothing short of breathtaking. Whether ... Read more