Spanish Comics : Historical and Cultural Perspectives

Spanish comics represent an exciting and diverse field, yet one that is often overlooked outside of Spain. __Spanish Comics__ offers an overview on contemporary scholarship on Spanish comics, focusing on a wide range of comics dating from the Francoist dictatorship, 1939-1975; the Political Transition, 1970-1985; and Democratic Spain since the early 1980s including the emergence of the graphic novel in 2000. Touching on themes of memory, gender, regional identities, and history, the chapters in this collection demonstrate the historical and cultural significance of Spanish comics. "Spanish comics represent an exciting and diverse field, yet one that is often overlooked by scholars outside of Spain. Spanish Comics offers an overview on contemporary scholarship on Spanish comics, focusing on a wide range of comics dating from early comics history in 1875-1939; the Francoist dictatorship, 1939-1975; the Political Transition, 1970-1985; and Democratic Spain from the early 1980s. Touching on themes of memory, gender, regional identities, and history, the chapters in this collection demonstrate the historical and cultural significance of Spanish comics, particularly as it relates to transnational and memory studies"-- Provided by publisher Dissenting voices? Satirical panels against censorship Tintin in the Movida madrileña From pioneer of comics to cultural myth The representation of traumatic memory in Spanish comics 'For he bestirred himself to protect the land from the Moors' An interview with Paco Roca 'They tried to bury us; they didn't know we were seeds' Paco Roca's graphic novel La casa (2015) as architectural elegy Therapeutic journeys in contemporary Spanish graphic novels Social criticism through humour in the digital age Historicising the emergence of comics art scholarship in Spain, 1965-1975. Spanish Comics offers an overview on contemporary scholarship on Spanish comics, focusing on a wide range of comics dating from early comics history in 1875-1939; the Francoist dictatorship, 1939-1975; the Political Transition, 1970-1985; and Democratic Spain from the early 1980s, and themes of memory, gender, regional identities, and history. Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12