Burning Down the House: Latin American Comics in the 21st Century.

ISBN-13: 9781032148311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str.

Fernández-González, Laura

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Burning Down the House explores the political, economic and cultural landscape of 21st Century Latin America through comics. It examines works from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Perú, Colombia, México and Puerto Rico, and the resurgence of comics in recent decades.

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Burning Down the House – Introduction

PART I: Politics, protest and memory

1 Intertextuality and iconic images in Lucas Nine’s “Borges, inspector de aves”

2 The comic as a form of memory of two student movements in contemporary Mexico: the case of Grito de Victoria by Augusto Mora

3 The memory of Trauma under the dictatorship as portrayed in contemporary Chilean comics. A comparative perspective with Spain

4 Historical graphic novels in Uruguay 2000–2020

5 Between comics and memories, other stories of Brazil

6 Black visualities in Brazilian comics: a historical overview

7 And you will come marching with me: the Chilean comics after the social mobilization

PART II: Genre and sexual dissidence

8 Approaches to remember the bodies in two Latin American comics: “Notas al Pie” by Nacha Vollenweider and “Las Sinventuras de Jaime Pardo” by Vicho Plaza

9 Resisting imposed lines: (Feminine) territoriality in the work of Chilean comics artist Panchulei

10 Bolivian comics and the subalternity

11 Emancipated behavior: the body and art in the work of Águeda Noriega and Ale Torres

12 Comics as a means to illustrate sexual dissidence: Guadalupe and Poder Trans

13 Pervertion through funny comics: the case of Diego Parés’ Sr. and Sra. Rispo