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

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"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, cultur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ginway, M. Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Speculative fiction, Mexican > History and criticism.
Speculative fiction, Brazilian > History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Comparative literature > Brazilian and Mexican.
Comparative literature > Mexican and Brazilian.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Monstres dans la littérature.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Speculative fiction, Mexican
Speculative fiction, Brazilian
Gender identity in literature
Human body in literature
Monsters in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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