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Catalá-Carrasco, Jorge L., Paulo Drinot, and James Scorer, eds. Comics and Memory in Latin America. Illuminations. Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2017. Added by: joachim (9/6/18, 5:54 PM) |
Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 9780822964247 BibTeX citation key: Carrasco2017 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Collection of essays, History comics, Latin America, Memoria Creators: Catalá-Carrasco, Drinot, Scorer Publisher: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh) |
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Abstract |
Latin American comics and graphic novels have a unique history of addressing controversial political, cultural, and social issues. This volume presents new perspectives on how comics on and from Latin America both view and express memory formation on major historical events and processes. The contributors, from a variety of disciplines including literary theory, cultural studies, and history, explore topics including national identity construction, narratives of resistance to colonialism and imperialism, the construction of revolutionary traditions, and the legacies of authoritarianism and political violence. The chapters offer a background history of comics and graphic novels in the region, and survey a range of countries and artists such as Joaquín Salvador Lavado (a.k.a Quino), Héctor G. Oesterheld, and Juan Acevedo. They also highlight the unique ability of this art and literary form to succinctly render memory. In sum, this volume offers in-depth analysis of an understudied, yet key literary genre in Latin American memory studies and documents the essential role of comics during the transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Table of Contents Acknowledgments (vii) Jorge L. Catalá Carrasco, Paulo Drinot, and James Scorer: Introduction. Comics and Memory in Latin America (3) 1. Jorge L. Catalá Carrasco: Raising the Cuban Flag: Comics, Collective Memory, and the Spanish-Cuban-American War (1898) (33) Contributors (245) |