The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction

The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction
Author: Rachel Haywood Ferreira
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780819570833

Early science fiction has often been associated almost exclusively with Northern industrialized nations. In this groundbreaking exploration of the science fiction written in Latin America prior to 1920, Rachel Haywood Ferreira argues that science fiction has always been a global genre. She traces how and why the genre quickly reached Latin America and analyzes how writers in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico adapted science fiction to reflect their own realities. Among the texts discussed are one of the first defenses of Darwinism in Latin America, a tale of a time-traveling history book, and a Latin American Frankenstein. Latin American science fiction writers have long been active participants in the sf literary tradition, expanding the limits of the genre and deepening our perception of the role of science and technology in the Latin American imagination. The book includes a chronological bibliography of science fiction published from 1775 to 1920 in all Latin American countries.

Cosmos Latinos

Cosmos Latinos
Author: Andrea L. Bell
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2003-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780819566348

The first-ever collection of Latin American science fiction in English.

Latin American Science Fiction

Latin American Science Fiction
Author: M. Ginway
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2012-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1137312777

Combining work by critics from Latin America, the USA, and Europe, Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice is the first anthology of articles in English to examine science fiction in all of Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil and the Southern Cone. Using a variety of sophisticated theoretical approaches, the book explores not merely the development of a science fiction tradition in the region, but more importantly, the intricate ways in which this tradition has engaged with the most important cultural and literary debates of recent year.

Latin American Science Fiction

Latin American Science Fiction
Author: M. Ginway
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2012-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1137312777

Combining work by critics from Latin America, the USA, and Europe, Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice is the first anthology of articles in English to examine science fiction in all of Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil and the Southern Cone. Using a variety of sophisticated theoretical approaches, the book explores not merely the development of a science fiction tradition in the region, but more importantly, the intricate ways in which this tradition has engaged with the most important cultural and literary debates of recent year.

Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction

Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction
Author: Silvia G. Kurlat Ares
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2021-04-28
Genre: Science fiction, Latin American
ISBN: 9781433152177

"Science Fiction, Latin America, Feminism, Science Fiction Comics, Science Fiction Film, Genre, Fantastic, Science Fiction Magazines, History of Science Fiction, Canon, Monsters and aliens, Video Games"--

Latin American Textualities

Latin American Textualities
Author: Heather J. Allen
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-12-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0816537712

Textuality is the condition in which a text is created, edited, archived, published, disseminated, and consumed. “Texts,” therefore, encompass a broad variety of artifacts: traditional printed matter such as grammar books and newspaper articles; phonographs; graphic novels; ephemera such as fashion illustrations, catalogs, and postcards; and even virtual databases and cataloging systems.\ Latin American Textualities is a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at textual history, textual artifacts, and digital textualities across Latin America from the colonial era to the present. Editors Heather J. Allen and Andrew R. Reynolds gather a wide range of scholars to investigate the region’s textual scholarship. Contributors offer engaging examples of not just artifacts but also the contexts in which the texts are used. Topics include Guamán Poma’s library, the effect of sound recordings on writing in Argentina, Sudamericana Publishing House’s contribution to the Latin American literary boom, and Argentine science fiction. Latin American Textualities provides new paths to reading Latin American history, culture, and literatures. Contributors: Heather J. Allen Catalina Andrango-Walker Sam Carter Sara Castro-Klarén Edward King Rebecca Kosick Silvia Kurlat Ares Walther Maradiegue Clayton McCarl José Enrique Navarro Andrew R. Reynolds George Antony Thomas Zac Zimmer

Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction

Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction
Author: Silvia G. Kurlat Ares
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2021-04-28
Genre: Science fiction, Latin American
ISBN: 9781433156298

"Science Fiction, Latin America, Feminism, Science Fiction Comics, Science Fiction Film, Genre, Fantastic, Science Fiction Magazines, History of Science Fiction, Canon, Monsters and aliens, Video Games"--

Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America

Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America
Author: Edward King
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2017-07-03
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1911576453

Latin America is experiencing a boom in graphic novels that are highly innovative in their conceptual play and their reworking of the medium. Inventive artwork and sophisticated scripts have combined to satisfy the demand of a growing readership, both at home and abroad. Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America, which is the first book-length study of the topic, argues that the graphic novel is emerging in Latin America as a uniquely powerful force to explore the nature of twenty-first century subjectivity. The authors place particular emphasis on the ways in which humans are bound to their non-human environment, and these ideas are productively drawn out in relation to posthuman thought and experience. The book draws together a range of recent graphic novels from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, many of which experiment with questions of transmediality, the representation of urban space, modes of perception and cognition, and a new form of ethics for a posthuman world. Praise for Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America '...well-referenced and… well considered - the analyses it brings are overall well-executed and insightful...' Image and Narrative, Jan 2018, vol 18, no 4