Redrawing the Nation: National Identity in Latin/O American Comics(New Directions in Latino American Cultures)

Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures

This volume discusses the role of comics in the formation of a modern sense of nationhood in Latin America and the rise of a collective Latino identity in the USA. It is one of the first attempts--in English and from a cultural studies perspective--to cover Latin/o American comics with a fully continental scope. Specific cases include cultural powerhouses like Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, as wel