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Cosmos Latinos
Andrea L. (Ass Bell
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Description for Cosmos Latinos
Paperback. An anthology of 27 science fiction stories from Latin America and Spain, ranging from 1862 to the early 21st century. The introduction examines how the genre has developed in Latin America and Spain and studies science fiction as a means of defamiliarizing regional culture, history and politics. Editor(s): Bell, Andrea L.; Molina-Gavilan, Yolanda. Translator(s): Bell, Andrea L.; Molina-Gavilan, Yolanda. Series: Early Classics of Science Fiction S. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Opening a window onto a fascinating new world for English-speaking readers, this anthology offers popular and influential stories from over ten countries, chronologically ranging from 1862 to the present. Latin American and Spanish science fiction shares many thematic and stylistic elements with anglophone science fiction, but there are important differences: many downplay scientific plausibility, and others show the influence of the region's celebrated literary fantastic. In the 27 stories included in this anthology, a 16th-century conquistador is re-envisioned as a cosmonaut, Mexican factory workers receive pleasure-giving bio-implants, and warring bands of terrorists travel through time attempting to reverse the outcome ... Read more
Opening a window onto a fascinating new world for English-speaking readers, this anthology offers popular and influential stories from over ten countries, chronologically ranging from 1862 to the present. Latin American and Spanish science fiction shares many thematic and stylistic elements with anglophone science fiction, but there are important differences: many downplay scientific plausibility, and others show the influence of the region's celebrated literary fantastic. In the 27 stories included in this anthology, a 16th-century conquistador is re-envisioned as a cosmonaut, Mexican factory workers receive pleasure-giving bio-implants, and warring bands of terrorists travel through time attempting to reverse the outcome ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Early Classics of Science Fiction S.
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819566348
SKU
V9780819566348
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About Andrea L. (Ass Bell
Andrea L. Bell is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Hamline University in Minnesota. Yolanda Molina-Gavilan is Associate Professor of Spanish at Eckerd College in Florida and the translator of Rosa Montero's The Delta Function (1992).
Reviews for Cosmos Latinos
"The stories are exceptionally good reading. They are highly original, fast-paced, and keep the reader entranced till the end." - Norma Nelida Dangla, Professor of English, University of Moron, Buenos Aires; "Cosmos Latinos is the first anthology of its kind to offer a critical and scholarly approach to Latin American science fiction to the English-speaking audience. An unusually important book." ... Read more