Lalo Alcaraz: Political Cartooning in the Latino Community

by Hector D Fernandez L'Hoeste and Héctor D. Fernández L’Hoeste

Book Overview

Amid the controversy surrounding immigration and border control, the work of California cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz (b. 1964) has delivered a resolute Latino viewpoint. Of Mexican descent, Alcaraz fights for Latino rights through his creativity, drawing political commentary as well as underlining how Latinos confront discrimination on a daily basis. Through an analysis of Alcaraz's early editorial cartooning and his strips for La Cucaracha, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496811372
• ISBN13: 9781496811370
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"