Gender, Race and Identity in the Characters of the Peruvian Comic

Abstract

Racial and gender representations have been made explicit in the comic characters in Peru since the development of the comic book until the contemporary graphic novel, due to their bonds with hegemonic social discourses about identity, or instead, because of demands for recognition of historically discriminated populations. A good example is the three children characters Coco, Vicuñín, and Tacachito (Avanzada, 1957-1968). Because each one represents each of the three population groups on which the Peruvian oligarchy racially classified the nation along the 20th century. Reviewing the graphic resources from a gender and racism viewpoint, will allow us to understand the changes that have occurred in hegemonic discourses and in social demands, before and after the war between the Shining Path communist party, and the Peruvian State.