Multicultural Comics
from zap to blue beetle
- Hardcover
271 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2010
Summary
Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and verbal elements to tell richly compelling stories that gravitate around issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality within and outside the U.S. comic book industry. Among the explorations of mainstream and independent comic books are d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780292722811 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0292722818 |
| Series: | Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series |
| Author: | Frederick Luis Aldama, Derek Parker Royal |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press |
| Imprint: | University of Texas Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 271 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
”…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
About The Author
Frederick Luis Aldama
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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