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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ginway, M. Elizabeth 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Nashville, Tennesse Vanderbilt University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Further subjects: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
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary: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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:247 Seiten
ISBN:0826501176