Latin American science fiction: theory and practice
2013; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 50; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.50-6647
ISSN1943-5975
AutoresM. Elizabeth Ginway, J. Andrew Brown,
Tópico(s)Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism
ResumoIntroduction: '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 Sanchez Prado 2. 'A Young Man, Gleaming, White,' and the Protocol of the Question Braulio Tavares 3. Bolano 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 Soldan'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 Aragao
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