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- Title
Virus tropical: presencia y relevancia del personaje autobiográfico femenino en la novela gráfica colombiana.
- Authors
Gómez Gutiérrez, Felipe
- Abstract
Here I analyze Virus Tropical (Colombia, 2009), a graphic novel by PowerPaola. Despite having achieved great popularity for a Latin American graphic novel –with national and international publications in both print and electronic formats-, it still has not been properly considered or analyzed in traditional academic media; particularly in Latin America where the study of comics is considered a matter of minor importance, and therefore discussions about Virus Tropical were relegated to alternative, communitarian spaces, such as public libraries or bookstores. Because Virus Tropical poses a challenge to the notion of the male comic book creator, because of its use of visual language to defy stereotypical female characters, and because of the way it engages issues of contemporary comic production, in this article I argue for a sound academic engagement with comics like this one.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; VIRUS Tropical (Book); GRAPHIC novels; LITERARY criticism; COLOMBIAN fiction; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL fiction; WOMEN in literature; COMIC books, strips, etc.; LITERATURE
- Publication
IBEROAMERICANA. América Latina - España - Portugal, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 57, p85
- ISSN
1577-3388
- Publication type
Article