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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.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  809.933552 C152v 2009    ---  Available
Description vii, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography 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 -- Operacion Bolivar -- El Bulbo vs. the machine
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 Comic books, strips, etc. -- Mexico -- History and criticism.
Globalization in literature.
Globalization in art.
Canada. Treaties, etc. 1992 Oct. 7.
ISBN 1604731265 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781604731255 (cloth : alk. paper)
1604731257 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781604731262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. CDX 8324904
CDX 8324905

 
    
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