Your brain on Latino comics : from Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez /
Though the field of comic book studies has burgeoned in recent years, Latino characters and creators have received little attention. Putting the spotlight on this vibrant segment, Your Brain on Latino Comics illuminates the world of superheroes Firebird, Vibe, and the new Blue Beetle while also exam...
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| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Cognitive approaches to literature and culture series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- PART I: An Overview of Latino Comics
- 1. Introduction
- 2. So Many Approaches, So Little . . .
- 3. Concerned Comics
- 4. The Good, Bad, and . . . Beautiful
- 5. Mainstreamed Compadres
- 6. Slipstreamed Latinos
- 7. Latinos Strike Back
- 8. Spandexed Latinas, Where Art Thou?
- 9. More Superheroes Revealed
- 10. Spandex Alternatives
- 11. All That Is White Turns Noir
- 12. Other à la Modes
- 13. Strips with New Stripes
- PART II. Brains A-sizzle on Latino Comics
- 14. Introduction
- 15. Comic, Tragic, Epic-Redux
- 16. Proof's in the Pudding
- 17. Getting Emotional
- 18. Abracadabra . . . the Mind-Reading Trick
- 19. Double Trouble: The Visual and Verbal Narrator
- 20. Latinos Conjured Up
- 21. Rereading Race and Ethnicity
- 22. It's a Burrito Wrap
- PART III. Conversations with the Creators
- David Alvarez
- Gus Arriola
- Hector Cantú
- Carlos Castellanos
- Richard Dominguez
- Frank Espinosa
- Roberta Gregory
- Gilbert Hernandez of Los Bros Hernandez
- Jaime Hernandez of Los Bros Hernandez
- Javier Hernandez
- Jonathan and Joshua Luna of The Luna Brothers
- Laura Molina
- Rhode Montijo
- Rafael Navarro
- Anthony Oropeza
- Peter Ramirez
- Fernando Rodriguez
- Bobby Rubio
- Carlos Saldaña
- Wilfred Santiago
- Ivan Velez Jr.
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
