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Author:   Frederick Luis Aldama ,  Derek Parker Royal
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780292737433

ISBN 10:   0292737432
Pages:   271
Publication Date:   01 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword; Or Reading within the Gutter (Derek Parker Royal) Multicultural Comics Today: A Brief Introduction (Frederick Luis Aldama) Part I. History, Concepts, and Methods One. Race and Comix (Leonard Rifas) Two. ""Authentic"" Latinas/os and Queer Characters in Mainstream and Alternative Comics (Jonathan Risner) Three. Native American Narratives from Early Art to Graphic Novels: How We See Stories / Ezhi-g'waabmaananig Aadizookaanag (Margaret Noori) Four. Liminality and Mestiza Consciousness in Lynda Barry's One Hundred Demons (Melinda L. de Jesús) Five. Black Nationalism, Bunraku, and Beyond: Articulating Black Heroism through Cultural Fusion and Comics (Rebecca Wanzo) Six. Birth of a Nation: Representation, Nationhood, and Graphic Revolution in the Works of D. W. Griffith, DJ Spooky, and Aaron McGruder et al. (James Braxton Peterson) Seven. Lost in Translation: Jessica Abel's La Perdida, the Bildungsroman, and ""That 'Mexican' Feel"" (Patrick L. Hamilton) Eight. Same Difference: Graphic Alterity in the Work of Gene Luen Yang, Adrian Tomine, and Derek Kirk Kim (Jared Gardner) Part II. A Multicultural Comic Book Toolbox Nine. ""It ain't John Shaft"": Marvel Gets Multicultural in The Tomb of Dracula (Elizabeth Nixon) Ten. Invisible Art, Invisible Planes, Invisible People (Evan Thomas) Eleven. Wondrous Capers: The Graphic Novel in India (Suhaan Mehta) Twelve. Chronology, Country, and Consciousness in Wilfred Santiago's In My Darkest Hour (Nicholas Hetrick) Thirteen. Finding Archives/Making Archives: Observations on Conducting Multicultural Comics Research (Jenny E. Robb and Rebecca Wanzo) Works Cited Contributor Notes Index"

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"""...well supported by illustrations...will be helpful to readers new to the field"" Emma Tinker Times Literary Supplement"

""...well supported by illustrations...will be helpful to readers new to the field"" Emma Tinker Times Literary Supplement

...well supported by illustrations...will be helpful to readers new to the field Emma Tinker Times Literary Supplement

Author Information

Frederick Luis Aldama is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio State University. He is the author and editor of eleven books, including Postethnic Narrative Criticism; the MLA–award winning Dancing with Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo Islas; Why the Humanities Matter; Your Brain on Latino Comics; and A User's Guide to Postcolonial and Borderland Fiction.

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