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Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico
Anne Rubenstein
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Description for Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico
Paperback. Examines how comic books played an important role in the development of a stable, legitimate state. This book investigates the complex dynamics of the politics of censorship occasioned by Mexican comic books. It is useful to those with an interest in Mexican history, Latin American studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AKLC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
In Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation, Anne Rubenstein examines how comic books—which were overwhelmingly popular but extremely controversial in post-revolutionary Mexico—played an important role in the development of a stable, legitimate state. Studying the relationship of the Mexican state to its civil society from the 1930s to the 1970s through comic books and their producers, readers, and censors, Rubenstein shows how these thrilling tales of adventure—and the debates over them—reveal much about Mexico’s cultural nationalism and government attempts to direct, if not control, social change.
Since their first appearance in 1934, comic books enjoyed wide ... Read more
In Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation, Anne Rubenstein examines how comic books—which were overwhelmingly popular but extremely controversial in post-revolutionary Mexico—played an important role in the development of a stable, legitimate state. Studying the relationship of the Mexican state to its civil society from the 1930s to the 1970s through comic books and their producers, readers, and censors, Rubenstein shows how these thrilling tales of adventure—and the debates over them—reveal much about Mexico’s cultural nationalism and government attempts to direct, if not control, social change.
Since their first appearance in 1934, comic books enjoyed wide ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822321415
SKU
V9780822321415
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About Anne Rubenstein
Anne Rubenstein is Assistant Professor of History at York University, Toronto.
Reviews for Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico
“This is a very interesting study which from an unusual angle reveals a lot about Mexican, as well as Latin American, culture and politics.”—Erick D. Langer, Georgetown University “With this study Anne Rubenstein breaks new ground in Mexican cultural history, giving comic books the political and social importance they deserve in the making of Mexican national society and PRI hegemony ... Read more