In what ways is Cuban history encoded into Elpidio Valdes and to what ends?
Introduction
Outlining what you're going to cover
Establish that you will only consider TV stuff because of the lesser legitimacy and dissemination of the comics
Cultural Politics Context
History of Comics
History in TV & Film in the 1970s
Elpidio Valdes and Cultural Politics
History in Elpidio Valdes
Ways in which historical veracity is declared in Elpidio
Accuracy of history - investigation carried out by Juan Padron
Elpidio Conforming to Officialist History
El Machete
Weyler
Photography at the end of second film
Historical events in third film + use of real footage
Use of dates etc
Kate Quinn and Louis Perez
Themes and tropes in Elpidio - brief examples
Racial democracy
David v. Goliath
Americans
Nationalism
What is the effect of history being encoded and disseminated in such a way? To what ends is this being done?
Elpidio as figural representation?
Porbén's thesis
Merino's thesis
Elpidio becomes part of the pantheon - go on to elaborate how he appears on stamps, how he is celebrated his 45 years like any other martyer. The story of the littel girl. All this serves as a good intro to the next chapter on his relevance in popular culture.
Introduce what Kate says - what happens when he is released from his representation and is interpreted, moulded, manipulated by the masses
Cultural politics under which ELpidio is created
The significance of history to the ICAIC at the time in which Elpidio is produced
The ways in which Elpidio declares itself as more than just a cartoon - butas a quasi non-fictional telling of Cuban history
Elpidio in the context of Cuban historiography - how does he fit in with the tropes of officialist history?
How Elpidio's relationship to history has elevated him into the pantheon of historical figures and nationalist martyrs
Looking at other theses, and then presenting my own thesis of Elpidio as figural representation
Cubania, relatability