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El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond: Graphic Narrative in Argentina and Brazil
David William Foster
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Description for El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond: Graphic Narrative in Argentina and Brazil
Paperback. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 273 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond examines the graphic narrative tradition in the two South American countries that have produced the medium's most significant and copious output. Argentine graphic narrative emerged in the 1980s, awakened by Hector Oesterheld's groundbreaking 1950s serial El Eternauta. After Oesterheld was disappeared under the military dictatorship, El Eternauta became one of the most important cultural texts of turbulent mid-twentieth-century Argentina. Today its story, set in motion by an extraterrestrial invasion of Buenos Aires, is read as a parable foretelling the invasion of Argentine society by a murderous tyranny. Because of El Eternauta, ... Read more
El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond examines the graphic narrative tradition in the two South American countries that have produced the medium's most significant and copious output. Argentine graphic narrative emerged in the 1980s, awakened by Hector Oesterheld's groundbreaking 1950s serial El Eternauta. After Oesterheld was disappeared under the military dictatorship, El Eternauta became one of the most important cultural texts of turbulent mid-twentieth-century Argentina. Today its story, set in motion by an extraterrestrial invasion of Buenos Aires, is read as a parable foretelling the invasion of Argentine society by a murderous tyranny. Because of El Eternauta, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477310854
SKU
V9781477310854
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About David William Foster
David William Foster is Regents' Professor of Spanish and Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University, where he also leads the Brazilian Studies Program.
Reviews for El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond: Graphic Narrative in Argentina and Brazil
Foster demonstrates how graphic narratives, through a combination of graphic visuals and literary texts, are the medium for the telling of human stories, for they succeed in transforming everyday situations into visual works of art.
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