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Latinx superheroes in mainstream comics / Frederick Luis Aldama ; foreword by John Jennings ; afterword by Javier Hernandez.

Title
Latinx superheroes in mainstream comics / Frederick Luis Aldama ; foreword by John Jennings ; afterword by Javier Hernandez.
Author
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969-
Publication
  • Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Jennings, John, 1970-
  • Hernandez, Javier, 1966-
Description
xxi, 208 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
Latinx pop culture
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
It's hard being invisible : a foreword / by John Jennings -- Prologue : kicking some Culo! -- Excavating a Latinx superhero print-comic archive -- Toward a theory of Latinx comic book superheroes -- Multimediated Latinx superheroes -- Epilogue : up, up...and away! -- Looking at the mainstream from the independent trenches : an afterword / by Javier Hernandez -- Appendix : select creators of mainstream comics.
ISBN
  • 9780816537082
  • 0816537089
LCCN
^^2017010449
OCLC
  • 983824443
  • SCSB-12523620
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library