The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie
Title | The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Luis Aldama |
Publisher | Mad Creek Books |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780814255865 |
The adventures of Chupacabra Charlie and his human friend in their first exciting adventure together.
For Boys Only
Title | For Boys Only PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Aronson |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2007-11-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0312377061 |
A book filled with information for every adventurer.
Reel Latinxs
Title | Reel Latinxs PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Luis Aldama |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2019-09-24 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0816540500 |
Latinx representation in the popular imagination has infuriated and befuddled the Latinx community for decades. These misrepresentations and stereotypes soon became as American as apple pie. But these cardboard cutouts and examples of lazy storytelling could never embody the rich traditions and histories of Latinx peoples. Not seeing real Latinxs on TV and film reels as kids inspired the authors to dive deep into the world of mainstream television and film to uncover examples of representation, good and bad. The result: a riveting ride through televisual and celluloid reels that make up mainstream culture. As pop culture experts Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González show, the way Latinx peoples have appeared and are still represented in mainstream TV and film narratives is as frustrating as it is illuminating. Stereotypes such as drug lords, petty criminals, buffoons, and sexed-up lovers have filled both small and silver screens—and the minds of the public. Aldama and González blaze new paths through Latinx cultural phenomena that disrupt stereotypes, breathing complexity into real Latinx subjectivities and experiences. In this grand sleuthing sweep of Latinx representation in mainstream TV and film that continues to shape the imagination of U.S. society, these two Latinx pop culture authorities call us all to scholarly action.
Poets, Philosophers, Lovers
Title | Poets, Philosophers, Lovers PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Luis Aldama |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2020-10-27 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0822987597 |
With a foreword by Ilan Stavans This collection of essays, by fifteen scholars across diverse fields, explores forty years of writing by Giannina Braschi, one of the most revolutionary Latinx authors of her generation. Since the 1980s, Braschi’s linguistic and structural ingenuities, radical thinking, and poetic hilarity have spanned the genres of theatre, poetry, fiction, essay, musical, manifesto, political philosophy, and spoken word. Her best-known titles are El imperio de los sueños, Yo-Yo Boing!, and United States of Banana. She writes in Spanish, Spanglish, and English and embraces timely and enduring subjects: love, liberty, creativity, environment, economy, censorship, borders, immigration, debt, incarceration, colonialization, terrorism, and revolution. Her work has been widely adapted into theater, photography, film, lithography, painting, sculpture, comics, and music. The essays in this volume explore the marvelous ways that Braschi’s texts shake upside down our ideas of ourselves and enrich our understanding of how powerful narratives can wake us to our higher expectations.
The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Luis Aldama |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 704 |
Release | 2020-04-01 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 0190917962 |
Comic book studies has developed as a solid academic discipline, becoming an increasingly vibrant field in the United States and globally. A growing number of dissertations, monographs, and edited books publish every year on the subject, while world comics represent the fastest-growing sector of publishing. The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies looks at the field systematically, examining the history and evolution of the genre from a global perspective. This includes a discussion of how comic books are built out of shared aesthetic systems such as literature, painting, drawing, photography, and film. The Handbook brings together readable, jargon-free essays written by established and emerging scholars from diverse geographic, institutional, gender, and national backgrounds. In particular, it explores how the term "global comics" has been defined, as well the major movements and trends that will drive the field in the years to come. Each essay will help readers understand comic books as a storytelling form grown within specific communities, and will also show how these forms exist within what can be considered a world system of comics.
Tales from la Vida
Title | Tales from la Vida PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Luis Aldama |
Publisher | Mad Creek Books |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2018-09-14 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780814254936 |
One-of-a-kind collection of Latinx comics that sheds light on Latinx experiences, exploring language, culture, history, and more.
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics
Title | Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Luis Aldama |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2017-10-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0816537089 |
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics offers the first thorough exploration of Latino/a superheroes in mainstream comic books, TV shows, and movies--Provided by publisher.