This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Images © Authors and copyright holders named in captions, 2017Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin AmericaĪvailable to download free: Text © Edward King and Joanna Page, 2017 Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society Read more 'This monograph sprawls in its scope and shines in its accomplishments.' Image and Narrative, Jan 2018, vol 18, no 4 'Well-referenced and… well considered - the analyses it brings are overall well-executed and insightful.' that concentrates on the physicality of the environment around humans, not just the traditional merging of the organic and mechanical.' 'An alternative exploration of posthumanity. An outstanding book that makes a major contribution to scholarship on graphic novels and to the nascent but rapidly growing body of work on Latin American posthumanism.' Bulletin of Latin American Research
'Marshals an impressive range of posthumanist theories to provide a rich analysis. ‘ original contribution’ … allows to point out the growth and maturity of the field of studies about comics in Latin America.' the printed edition is excellently illustrated.' Journal of Latin American Studies
Praise for Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America The book draws together a range of recent graphic novels from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, many of which experiment with questions of transmediality, the representation of urban space, modes of perception and cognition, and a new form of ethics for a posthuman world. The authors place particular emphasis on the ways in which humans are bound to their non-human environment, and these ideas are productively drawn out in relation to posthuman thought and experience.
Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America, which is the first book-length study of the topic, argues that the graphic novel is emerging in Latin America as a uniquely powerful force to explore the nature of twenty-first century subjectivity. Inventive artwork and sophisticated scripts have combined to satisfy the demand of a growing readership, both at home and abroad. Latin America is experiencing a boom in graphic novels that are highly innovative in their conceptual play and their reworking of the medium.
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