Growing Up in the Gutter: Diaspora and Comics (. Quintana-Vallejo, Aldama**

Name: Growing Up in the Gutter: Diaspora and Comics (. Quintana-Vallejo, Aldama**
Brand: University of Arizona Press

University of Arizona Press

Growing Up in the Gutter offers new understandings of contemporary graphic coming-of-age narratives by looking at the genre\u2019s growth in stories by and for young BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and diasporic readers. Through a careful examination of the genre, Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo analyzes the complex identity formation of first- and subsequent-generation migrant protagonists in globalized rural and urban environments and dissects the implications that these diasporic formative processes have for a growing and popular genre.\nWhile the most traditional iteration of the bildungsroman--the coming-of-age story--follows middle-class male heroes who forge their identities in a process of complex introspection, contemporary graphic coming-of-age narratives represent formative processes that fit into,\n\nGrowing Up in the Gutter\nDiaspora and Comics\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the pri;