Title Latin American science fiction / edited by M. Elizabeth Ginway and Andrew Brown

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: 'Critical Latin American SF.'; M. Elizabeth Ginway and J. Andrew Brown -- PART I: SPECULATING A CANON: LATIN AMERICA'S SF TRADITIONS -- 1. Ending the World with Words: Bernardo Fernandez (BEF) and the Institutionalization of Science Fiction in Mexico; Ignacio S̀nchez Prado -- 2. 'A Young Man, Gleaming, White, ' and the Protocol of the Question; Braulio Tavares -- 3. Boląo and Science Fiction: Deformities; Alvaro Bisama -- 4. Time Travel and History in Carmen Boullosa's Llanto, novelas imposibles; Claire Taylor -- PART II: ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE PERIPHERY: CYBERPUNKS AND ZOMBIES IN LATIN AMERICA -- 5. Islands in the Slipstream: Diasporic Allegories in Cuban Science Fiction of the Special Period; Emily Maguire -- 6. Sexilia and the Perverse World of the Future: An Argentine Version of Barbarella and Sade; Fernando Reati -- 7. Teenage Zombie Wasteland: Suburbia after the Apocalypse in Mike Wilson's Zombie and Edmundo Paz Sold̀n's Los vivos y los muertos; David Laraway -- PART III: COMICS AND FILM: LATIN AMERICAN SF ACROSS GENRE -- 8. SF and the Cinema of Jorge Furtado; M. Elizabeth Ginway and Alfredo Suppia -- 9. Oesterheld's Iconic and Ironic Eternautas; Rachel Haywood Ferreira -- 10. SF in Brazilian Cartoons and Comics; Octavio Arago Summary 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 "Combining work by critics from Latin America, the US 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 years"-- Provided by publisher Notes Print version record Subject Science fiction, Latin American -- History and criticism Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Literature and society -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century Literature: history & criticism -- Latin America. Anthologies (non-poetry) -- Latin America. LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Caribbean & Latin American. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Science Fiction & Fantasy. FICTION -- Science Fiction -- General. Literature. Latin American fiction Literature and society Science fiction, Latin American Latin America Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Ginway, M. Elizabeth Brown, Andrew, 1970- ISBN 9781137312778 1137312777 9781137281227 1137281227 9781283947381 1283947382

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