Burning Down the House by Cristina Fernández, Laura; Gandolfo, Amadeo; Turnes, Pablo;

Rövid leírás:

Burning Down the House explores the political, economic and cultural landscape of 21st Century Latin America through comics. It examines works from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Perú, Colombia, México and Puerto Rico, and the resurgence of comics in recent decades.

Hosszú leírás:

Burning Down the House explores the political, economic and cultural landscape of 21st-century Latin America through comics. It examines works from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Perú, Colombia, México and Spain, and the resurgence of comics in recent decades spurred by the ubiquity of the Internet and reminiscent of the complex political experiences and realities of the region.

The volume analyses experimentations in themes and formats and how Latin American comics have become deeply plural in its inspirations, subjects, drawing styles and political concerns while also underlining the hybrid and diverse cultures they represent. It examines the representative and historical images in a state of emergency and political upheaval; decolonial perspectives and social struggles linked to ethnic and sexual minorities. It looks at how Latin American comics are made right now – from a diverse and autochthonous Latin American perspective.

With a wide array of illustrations, this book in the Global Perspectives in Comics Studies series will be an important resource for scholars and researchers of comic studies, Latin American studies, cultural studies, English literature, political history and post-colonial studies.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Burning Down the House – Introduction

1 Intertextuality and iconic images in Lucas Nine’s “Borges, inspector de aves”

2 The comic as a form of memory of two student movements in contemporary Mexico: the case of Grito de Victoria by Augusto Mora

3 The memory of Trauma under the dictatorship as portrayed in contemporary Chilean comics. A comparative perspective with Spain

4 Historical graphic novels in Uruguay 2000–2020

5 Between comics and memories, other stories of Brazil

6 Black visualities in Brazilian comics: a historical overview

7 And you will come marching with me: the Chilean comics after the social mobilization

PART II: Genre and sexual dissidence

8 Approaches to remember the bodies in two Latin American comics: “Notas al Pie” by Nacha Vollenweider and “Las Sinventuras de Jaime Pardo” by Vicho Plaza

9 Resisting imposed lines: (Feminine) territoriality in the work of Chilean comics artist Panchulei

10 Bolivian comics and the subalternity

11 Emancipated behavior: the body and art in the work of Águeda Noriega and Ale Torres

12 Comics as a means to illustrate sexual dissidence: Guadalupe and Poder Trans

13 Pervertion through funny comics: the case of Diego Parés’ Sr. and Sra. Rispo