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7. Lost in Translation:

Jessica Abel’s La Perdida, the Bildungsroman, and “That ‘Mexican’ Feel”
  • Patrick L. Hamilton
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Multicultural Comics
This chapter is in the book Multicultural Comics
© 2021 University of Texas Press

© 2021 University of Texas Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword; Or Reading within the Gutter ix
  4. Multicultural Comics Today: A Brief Introduction 1
  5. PART I. HISTORY, CONCEPTS, AND METHODS
  6. 1. Race and Comix 26
  7. 2. “ Authentic” Latinas/os and Queer Characters in Mainstream and Alternative Comics 39
  8. 3. Native American Narratives from Early Art to Graphic Novels: 55
  9. 4. Liminality and Mestiza Consciousness in Lynda Barry’s One Hundred Demons 73
  10. 5. Black Nationalism, Bunraku, and Beyond: 93
  11. 6. Birth of a Nation: 105
  12. 7. Lost in Translation: 120
  13. 8. Same Difference: 132
  14. PART II. A MULTICULTURAL COMIC BOOK TOOLBOX
  15. 9. “It ain’t John Shaft”: 148
  16. 10. Invisible Art, Invisible Planes, Invisible People 157
  17. 11. Wondrous Capers: The Graphic Novel in India 173
  18. 12. Chronology, Country, and Consciousness in Wilfred Santiago’s In My Darkest Hour 189
  19. 13. Finding Archives/Making Archives: 202
  20. WORKS CITED 221
  21. CONTRIBUTOR NOTES 235
  22. INDEX 239
https://doi.org/10.7560/722811-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword; Or Reading within the Gutter ix
  4. Multicultural Comics Today: A Brief Introduction 1
  5. PART I. HISTORY, CONCEPTS, AND METHODS
  6. 1. Race and Comix 26
  7. 2. “ Authentic” Latinas/os and Queer Characters in Mainstream and Alternative Comics 39
  8. 3. Native American Narratives from Early Art to Graphic Novels: 55
  9. 4. Liminality and Mestiza Consciousness in Lynda Barry’s One Hundred Demons 73
  10. 5. Black Nationalism, Bunraku, and Beyond: 93
  11. 6. Birth of a Nation: 105
  12. 7. Lost in Translation: 120
  13. 8. Same Difference: 132
  14. PART II. A MULTICULTURAL COMIC BOOK TOOLBOX
  15. 9. “It ain’t John Shaft”: 148
  16. 10. Invisible Art, Invisible Planes, Invisible People 157
  17. 11. Wondrous Capers: The Graphic Novel in India 173
  18. 12. Chronology, Country, and Consciousness in Wilfred Santiago’s In My Darkest Hour 189
  19. 13. Finding Archives/Making Archives: 202
  20. WORKS CITED 221
  21. CONTRIBUTOR NOTES 235
  22. INDEX 239
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