Posthumanism and Latin(x) American science fiction. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Antonio Córdoba, Emily A. Maguire.
• Editors: (Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures), Cordoba, Antonio; Maguire, Emily A
• Contents: Introduction: 'Posthumanism and Speculative Aesthetics in Latin(x) American Science Fiction'.- Chapter 1. 'Prosthetic Futures: Disability and Genre Self-Consciousness in Maielis González Fernández's Sobre los nerds y otras criaturas mitológicas.' Ana Ugarte Fernández, College of the Holy Cross.- Chapter 2. 'We Have Always Been Posthuman: Virtus and the Reconfiguration of the Lettered Subject.' Miguel García, Fordham University.- Chapter 3. 'Does the Posthuman Actually Exist in Mexico? A Critique of the Essayistic Production on the Posthuman Written by Mexicans (2001-2007).' Stephen Tobin, UCLA.- Chapter 4. Maia Gil'Adi, 'Fukú, Postapocalyptic Haunting, and Science-Fiction Embodiment in Junot Díaz's 'Monstro.'' Maia Gil'Adi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell.- Chapter 5. 'Villa Epecuén: Slow Violence and the Posthuman Film Set.' Jonathan Risner, Indiana University.- Chapter 6. Catfish and Nanobots: Invasive Species and Eco-Critical Futures in Alejandro Rojas Medina's Chunga Maya, Samuel Ginsburg, Washington State University.- - Chapter 7. 'Cyborgs in the Margins: Indigeneity in 'El Cementerio de Elefantes, ' by Miguel Esquirol.' Liliana Colanzi, Cornell University.- Chapter 8. 'Race, Performance and the Discipline of the Body in Brazil's Dystopian Thriller 3%.' M. Elizabeth Ginway, University of Florida.- Chapter 9. 'Bruja Theory: On Witches and Worldmaking.' William Orchard, Queens College of the City University of New York.- Afterword: 'Posthuman Subjectivity in Latin America: Changing the Conversation.' Silvia Kurlat Ares.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 863.087620998; Science fiction, Latin American -- History and criticism; Posthumanism in literature; Posthumanism; Literature -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031117916
• Related ISBNs: 9783031117909
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