[Comicsstudiessociety] IJOCA book for review - Graphic Indigeneity: Comics in the Americas and Australasia

[Mike Rhode]

We've got a review e-book of this, which is available to the first person
to write to me directly at mrhode at gmail.com

Mike Rhode
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*Graphic Indigeneity: Comics in the Americas and Australasia *by Frederick
Luis Aldama is now available from the University Press of Mississippi.



Cultural works by and about Indigenous identities, histories, and
experiences circulate far and wide. However, not all films, animation,
television shows, and comic books lead to a nuanced understanding of
Indigenous realities.

Acclaimed comics scholar Frederick Luis Aldama shines light on how
mainstream comics have clumsily distilled and reconstructed Indigenous
identities and experiences. He and contributors emphasize how Indigenous
comic artists are themselves clearing new visual-verbal narrative spaces
for articulating more complex histories, cultures, experiences, and
narratives of self.



To that end, Aldama brings together scholarship that explores both the
representation and misrepresentation of Indigenous subjects and experiences
as well as research that analyzes and highlights the extraordinary work of
Indigenous comic artists. Among others, the book examines Daniel Parada’s
*Zotz*, Puerto Rican comics *Turey el Taíno* and *La Borinqueña*, and
*Moonshot:
The Indigenous Comics Collection*.



This volume’s wide-armed embrace of comics by and about Indigenous peoples
of the Americas and Australasia is a first step to understanding how the
histories of colonial and imperial domination connect the violent wounds
that still haunt across continents. Aldama and contributors resound this
message: Indigeneity in comics is an important, powerful force within our
visual-verbal narrative arts writ large.



Contributions included are by Joshua T. Anderson, Chad A. Barbour, Susan
Bernardin, Mike Borkent, Jeremy M. Carnes, Philip Cass, Jordan Clapper,
James J. Donahue, Dennin Ellis, Jessica Fontaine, Jonathan Ford, Lee
Francis IV, Enrique García, Javier García Liendo, Brenna Clarke Gray, Brian
Montes, Arij Ouweneel, Kevin Patrick, Candida Rifkind, Jessica Rutherford,
and Jorge Santos.
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