Comics and Memory in Latin America (Illuminations, 74) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822964244 ISBN 13: 9780822964247

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Jorge Catala Carrasco is senior lecturer in Hispanic studies at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom.
Paulo Drinot is senior lecturer in Latin American history at the Institute of the Americas, University College London.
James Scorer is a lecturer in Latin American cultural studies at the University of Manchester.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822964244
• ISBN 13: 9780822964247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262
• Editor: Carrasco Jorge L. Catala, Drinot Paulo, Scorer James