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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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Nashville, Tennesse
Vanderbilt University Press
[2020]
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| 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 |
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Copertina Indice |
| 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"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | 247 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 0826501176 |
