Posthumanism and the graphic novel in Latin America (1st)

Latin America is experiencing a boom in graphicnovels that are highly innovative in their conceptual play and their reworkingof the medium. Inventive artwork and sophisticated scripts have combined to satisfythe demand of a growing readership, both at home and abroad. Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America,which is the first book-length study of the topic, argues thatthe graphic novel is emerging in Latin America as a uniquely powerful force toexplore the nature of twenty-first century subjectivity. The authors place particularemphasis 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 andexperience. The book draws together a range of recent graphic novels fromArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, many of which experiment withquestions of transmediality, the representation of urban space, modes ofperception and cognition, and a new form of ethics for a posthuman world.