Politically Animated

Shedding light on the political implications that arise from narrative decision-making, this book examines animated non-fiction from the Spanish-speaking world.

Jennifer Nagtegaal is a doctoral candidate in Hispanic Studies at the University of British Columbia.

"What a wonderfully illuminating and rich book! Nagtegaal expertly balances engaging prose with academic precision as she refocuses animated documentary discourse on politics and Hispanic cinema. This book is a fantastic addition to the field that pushes it forward in new and exciting directions and offers a very welcome corrective to the Anglocentric tendencies of existing scholarship."

Matthew J. Marr, Associate Professor of Spanish, Pennsylvania State University:

"Reflecting an impressive theoretical grasp of an area of screen culture whose interdisciplinary contours are complex and shifting at a fast pace, Jennifer Nagtegaal’s timely study of non-fiction animation from Spain and Latin America showcases close reading at its very best: an inestimable scholarly asset adroitly deployed across the book’s several case studies, which are expertly attuned not only to the medium’s engagement with the sociopolitical but also to matters of sound, music, motion, eye movement, colour, line style, and a host of other audiovisual dimensions of the animated form."