Cyborgs, sexuality, and the undead: the body in Mexican and Brazilian speculative fiction

Introduction: Re-reading the body in the speculative fiction of Mexico and Brazil -- Gendered cyborgs : mechanical, industrial and digital -- The baroque ethos, antropofagia and queer sexualities -- Trauma, consumer and political zombies -- Vampires : immunity and resistance.

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Autore principale: Ginway, M. Elizabeth 1959- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: Nashville, Tennesse Vanderbilt University Press [2020]
In:Anno: 2020
Altre parole chiave:B Monsters in literature
B Gender identity in literature
B Speculative fiction, Mexican History and criticism
B Human body in literature
B Speculative fiction, Brazilian History and criticism
B Comparative Literature Brazilian and Mexican
B Comparative Literature Mexican and Brazilian
Accesso online: Copertina
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Edizione parallela:Elettronico
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Riepilogo:Introduction: Re-reading the body in the speculative fiction of Mexico and Brazil -- Gendered cyborgs : mechanical, industrial and digital -- The baroque ethos, antropofagia and queer sexualities -- Trauma, consumer and political zombies -- Vampires : immunity and resistance.
"Expands the purview of speculative fiction in all its incarnations (science fiction, fantasy, horror) beyond the traditional Anglo-American context to focus on work produced in Mexico and Brazil, providing a historical overview from 1870 to the present, and addressing the technological, cultural, and social consequences of modernity and its implications for the human body"--
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descrizione fisica:247 Seiten
ISBN:0826501176