Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index.
Contents:
Daydreaming new social maps with the global graphic Bildung: a foreword by Frederick Luis Aldama. Ghosts and color: young women in Anya's ghost, The best we could do, and Juliet takes a breath -- 2. Police brutality in Black and White: invisible boys in I am Alfonso Jones and Manuelito -- 3. Queer/LGBTQ+ Coming-of-age and the fantastic: rebellious identities in You brought me the ocean, The magic fish, and The low, low woods -- 4. Visual and textual: hybrid childhood in Where are you from?, Eyes that kiss in the corners, Areli is a dreamer, and My two border towns.
Summary:
"Growing Up in the Gutter: Diaspora and Comics is the first book-length exploration of contemporary graphic coming-of-age narratives written in the context of diasporic and immigrant communities in the United States by and for young, BIPOC, LGBTQ , and diasporic readers. The book analyzes the complex identity formation of first- and subsequent-generation diasporic protagonists in globalized rural and urban environments and dissects the implications that marginalized formative processes have for the tercentennial genre in its graphic version"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.