Research Catalog

Title

¡Viva la historieta! : Mexican comics, NAFTA, and the politics of globalization / Bruce Campbell.

Author

Campbell, Bruce, 1964-

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

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Description

vii, 234 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

The focus of the book is on graphic narratives produced by and for Mexicans in the period following the 1994 implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Covers a range of contemporary Mexican comics, including works of propaganda, romance and adventure, graphic novels, a corporate "brand" series, didactic single-issue books, and a superhero parody series. Offers an examination of the ways in which specific comics or comic book series represent Mexico's national identity, the U.S.'s influence, and globalization's effects on technology and economics since the passage of NAFTA.

Subject

• Canada. (1992 Oct. 7)
• Comic books, strips, etc. > Mexico > History and criticism
• Globalization in literature
• Globalization in art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-226) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Graphic politics -- Lost in the blue eyes of the North -- Neoliberals also cry -- Empire at work -- Memories of underdevelopment -- Capitalism's hero -- Operación Bolívar -- El Bulbo vs. the machine.

Call Number

JFE 12-7968

ISBN

• 9781604731255 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1604731257 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781604731262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1604731265 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008026759

OCLC

227031629

Author

Campbell, Bruce, 1964-

Title

¡Viva la historieta! : Mexican comics, NAFTA, and the politics of globalization / Bruce Campbell.

Imprint

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-226) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 12-7968