{"product_id":"latino-usa-a-cartoon-history","title":"Latino USA:  A Cartoon History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irreverent and kaleidoscopic cartoon history of Latino life, culture, and politics, now revised and updated for its twenty-fifth anniversary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatino USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Latin American and Latino scholar Ilan Stavans captures the joys, nuances, and multiple dimensions of Latino culture within the context of the English language. Combining the solemnity of so-called serious literature and history with the inherently theatrical and humorous form of comics, this cartoon history of Latinos includes Columbus, the Alamo, Desi Arnaz, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Castro, Guevara, the Bay of Pigs, Neruda, the Mariel boatlift, Selena, Sonia Sotomayor, and much more.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo embrace the sweep of Hispanic civilization and its riot of types, archetypes, and stereotypes, Stavans deploys a series of “cliché figurines” as narrators, including a toucan (displayed regularly in books by García Márquez, Allende, and others), the beloved Latino comedian Cantinflas, a masked wrestler, and Captain America. Their multiple, at times contradictory voices provide unique perspectives on Latino history, together creating a carnivalesque epic, democratic and impartial. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpdated to bring the book up to the present moment, this twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes thirty new pages of Latino history, from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto George Santos. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatino USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, like the history it so entertainingly relates, is a treasure trove of irreverence, wit, subversion, anarchy, politics, humanism, and celebration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42281667493970,"sku":"154160556X","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0378\/2901\/files\/9781541605565_25dbd.jpg?v=1770583338","url":"https:\/\/theaugusttree.com\/products\/latino-usa-a-cartoon-history","provider":"The August Tree","version":"1.0","type":"link"}