Redrawing The Nation National Identity in Latin/o American Comics [Paperback]

This volume discusses the role of comics in the formation of a modern sense of nationhood in Latin America and the rise of a collective Latino identity in the USA. It is one of the first attempts - in English and from a cultural studies perspective - to cover Latin/o American comics with a fully continental scope. Specific cases include cultural powerhouses like Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, as well as the production of lesser-known industries, like Chile, Cuba, and Peru.This volume discusses the role of comics in the formation of a modern sense of nationhood in Latin America and the rise of a collective Latino identity in the USA. It is one of the first attempts - in English and from a cultural studies perspective - to cover Latin/o American comics with a fully continental scope. Specific cases include cultural powerhouses like Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, as well as the production of lesser-known industries, like Chile, Cuba, and Peru.M?nica?Power; Comics, Society, Brazil - Eva Paulino Bueno and Terry Caesar * Condorito, Chilean Popular Culture, and The Work of Mediation - Juan Poblete * Race and Gender in The Adventures of Kalim?n, el Hombre Incre?ble - H?ctor Fern?ndez L'Hoeste * Cuban Cartoonists: Masters of Coping - John A. Lent * Argentina's Montoneros:? Comics, Cartoons, and Images as Political Propaganda in The Underground Guerrilla Press of The 1970s - Fernando Reati * Mem?n Pingu?n: L?os Gordos con los Gringos - Robert McKee Irwin * Acevedo?and His Predecessors - Carla Sag?stegui * Brazilian Comics: Origin, Development, and Future Trends - Waldomiro Vergueiro * Pavane for A Deceased Comic: Decadence, Illusions, and Demise of an Exuberant Narrative - Armando Barta * The Fierro?Years: An Exercise in Melancholy - Pablo de Santis * Mexican Comics: A Bastion of Imperfection - Ricardo?Pel?ez * Ilan Stavans's Latino USA: A Cartoon History (of A Cosmopolitan Intellectual) - Paul Allatson * The Bros. Hernandez: A Latin Presence in Alternative U.S. Comics - Ana l³.