Abstract
Jorge L. Catalá Carrasco, Paulo Drinot, and James Scorer, editors. 2017. Comics and Memory in Latin America. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press
Highlights
With its compilation of articles on the relationship of comics and graphic novels to political and historical discourses, Comics and Memory in Latin America represents a landmark contribution to a burgeoning academic field established only a decade ago
The combination of aesthetics and politics in this cultural product can serve as a powerful strategy to shape collective memory across socially stratified societies
As contributors to this collection argue, this is the situation in Latin America, where comics and graphic novels have informed both popular culture and political discourse, especially in the twentieth century
Summary
With its compilation of articles on the relationship of comics and graphic novels to political and historical discourses, Comics and Memory in Latin America represents a landmark contribution to a burgeoning academic field established only a decade ago. The combination of aesthetics and politics in this cultural product can serve as a powerful strategy to shape collective memory across socially stratified societies.
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