Thursday, October 31, 2013

Latino USA: A Cartoon History

 What i liked about this graphic novel is that it is written in the form of a play. Also there are a few characters that break the fourth wall in order to explain a few Spanish terms, but also they sometimes add a bit of comic relief in order avoid making the story mundane. The purpose of this graphic novel is to shed light on how the two countries, USA and mexico view themselves culturally. Such as Spanish speaking people are dubbed as Latin American or Latinos and most Americans believe that this term applies to the rest of the Spanish speaking nations in south america. but this isn't the case since many Hispanics who live in their native country such as mexico would consider themselves to be a Mexican or Poblano.  the reasons i believe that many people that speak Spanish in the us are dubbed as Latino is because there is more than one dialect of Spanish and also the culture that pertains to one country is different from another and this is what makes it difficult to have an exact term for each and every Spanish speaking country.

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