{"product_id":"latino-usa-ilan-stavans-9781541605565","title":"Latino USA: A Cartoon History","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLatino USA\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e, Castro, Guevara, the Bay of Pigs, Neruda, the Mariel boatlift, Selena, Sonia Sotomayor, and much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Updated to bring the book up to the present moment, this twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes thirty new pages of Latino history, from \u003ci\u003eHamilton \u003c\/i\u003eto George Santos. \u003ci\u003eLatino USA\u003c\/i\u003e, like the history it so entertainingly relates, is a treasure trove of irreverence, wit, subversion, anarchy, politics, humanism, and celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilan Stavans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154160556X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541605565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ilan Stavans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790113730815,"sku":"9781541605565","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79bad77a-0c2a-4815-a2fe-2107f2e36181.jpg?v=1707287997","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/latino-usa-ilan-stavans-9781541605565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}