Comics and Memory in Latin America

by Jorge Catala Carrasco (Editor), Paulo Drinot (Editor), James Scorer (Editor)

Overview

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 Joaquin Salvador Lavado (a.k.a Quino), Hector 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780822981589
Publisher:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date:	05/12/2017
Series:	Pitt Illuminations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Jorge Catala Carrasco is senior lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Comics and Memory in Latin America - Jorge L. Catalá Carrasco, Paulo Drinot, and James Scorer Chapter 1. Raising the Cuban Flag: Comics, Collective Memory, and the Spanish-Cuban-American War (1898) - Jorge L. Catalá Carrasco Chapter 2. How to Make a Revolution with Words (and Drawings): History, Memory, and Identity in Oesterheld's Comics - Edoardo Balletta Chapter 3. Mafalda: Talisman of Democracy and Icon of Nostalgia for the 1960s - Isabella Cosse Chapter 4. Comics in a Revolutionary Context: Educational Campaigns and Collective Memory in Sandinista Nicaragua - Christiane Berth Chapter 5. Cyber-Cuy: Remembering and Forgetting the Peruvian Left - Paulo Drinot Chapter 6. Death in the Andes: Comics as Means to Broach Stories of Political Violence in Peru - Cynthia E. Milton Chapter 7. Memory on the Road: American Highways and Prosthetic Pasts in Gonzalo Martínez and Alberto Fuguet's Road Story - James Scorer Chapter 8. Prosthetic Memory and Networked Temporalities in Morro da favela by André Diniz - Edward King Contributors Index

Editorial Reviews

This volume makes an exciting contribution to memory studies in Latin America, while responding to a growing interest in graphic fiction from the region. Its geographical scope is admirably broad, and the editors have done an excellent job of bringing together a very diverse set of discussions on the role of comics in politics and memory.

University of Cambridge Joanna Page

Comics & Memory in Latin America . . . pelo conjunto da obra, torna-se desde já uma referência obrigatória a todo pesquisador interessado em compreender a história recente das articulações entre arte, política e identidades culturais nas HQs latino-americanas.

Latin American Research Review

The book is masterful and accessible for comics enthusiasts and humanities scholars alike.

NACLA Report on the Americas

This collection has a lot to offer, and readers will find a fascinating perspective on how different manifestations of this genre reverberate in the collective memory of Latin American societies at specific historical junctures.

University of Illinois at Chicago Margarita Saona

This volume raises the most important questions about Latin America's recent past from the unusual angle of comic books and cartooning. The politics of memory, the lingering influence of the Cold War, the awful and ambiguous effects of neoliberalism: historians' arguments on these crucial topics will be complicated and enriched by the essays in this lovely book.

York University Anne Rubenstein

"The book is masterful and accessible for comics enthusiasts and humanities scholars alike." —NACLA Report on the Americas


“This volume raises the most important questions about Latin America’s recent past from the unusual angle of comic books and cartooning. The politics of memory, the lingering influence of the Cold War, the awful and ambiguous effects of neoliberalism: historians’ arguments on these crucial topics will be complicated and enriched by the essays in this lovely book.” —Anne Rubenstein, York University


“This volume makes an exciting contribution to memory studies in Latin America, while responding to a growing interest in graphic fiction from the region. Its geographical scope is admirably broad, and the editors have done an excellent job of bringing together a very diverse set of discussions on the role of comics in politics and memory.” —Joanna Page, University of Cambridge


"This collection has a lot to offer, and readers will find a fascinating perspective on how different manifestations of this genre reverberate in the collective memory of Latin American societies at specific historical junctures." —Margarita Saona, University of Illinois at Chicago

“Comics & Memory in Latin America . . . pelo conjunto da obra, torna-se desde já uma referência obrigatória a todo pesquisador interessado em compreender a história recente das articulações entre arte, política e identidades culturais nas HQs latino-americanas.” —Latin American Research Review
 

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