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T1 The fantasmical gothic heterotopia in Rhode Montijo’s "Pablo’s Inferno"
A1 Marini, Anna Marta
K1 Chicanx comics
K1 Gothic
K1 Mexican American heritage
K1 Children’s gothic
K1 Mexican folklore
K1 Aztec mythology
K1 Cómic chicano
K1 Gótico
K1 Patrimonio mexicoamericano
K1 Gótico infantil
K1 Folklor mexicano
K1 Mitología azteca
K1 Arte
K1 Art
K1 Historia
K1 History
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
K1 Filología
K1 Philology
AB Rhode Montijo’s work is characterized by a distinctive blend of diverse elements converging in his “fantasmical world”. As comic book artist, he is the author of the limited series "Pablo’s Inferno" (1999-2000), narrating a little Mexican American boy’s travel through the underworld. Accompanied by fallen demi-god Quetzal, Pablo embarks in a quest to (re)discover his cultural roots and commit to them. Like most of Montijo’s work, the comic book series holds an intrinsic gothic mode exploiting the playful nature of the comic medium and interrogating Mexican American heritage, by means of absorption of different genres, tropes, and diegetic elements. By examining the use of the Gothic distinctive of his work, the analysis will highlight the representation of the elements the author retrieved from his strong connection with Mexican heritage and the modes of children’s gothic fiction, revealing the unique cross-genre Montijo created to convey the identity related issues peculiar to the Mexican American experience.
PB Instituto Franklin de Investigación en Estudios Norteamericanos, Universidad de Alcalá
SN 1889-5611
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/48787
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/48787
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 20-abr-2024