Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction

Silvia G. Kurlat Ares is an independent researcher and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Postdoc from Johns Hopkins University. She has served as Chair of various LASA Sections and taught at both George Mason University and Johns Hopkins University.Ezequiel De Rosso holds a Ph.D. from the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. A researcher at CONICET, he teaches Latin American literature at the Universidad de las Artes, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Tres de Febrero and Universidad del Cine. His research focuses on different aspects of contemporary Latin American literature, with an interest in the development of genres.

• Silvia G. Kurlat Ares/Ezequiel De Rosso: Prologue – Silvia G. Kurlat Ares: Science Fiction in Latin America: Reading a Hidden Landscape – Ezequiel De Rosso: Nervo’s Continuum and the Weariness of Reason: A Hypothesis on the Form of Latin American Science Fiction – Luis C. Cano: Consonance and Subversion: Literary Canon and Popular Narratives – David S. Dalton: Science Fiction vs Magical Realism: Oppositional Aesthetics and Contradictory Discourses in Sergio Arau’s A Day without a Mexican – Juan C. Toledano Redondo: The Hispanic Caribbean as a Three-Winged Bird: Science Fiction Production as Transculturation – Rodrigo Bastidas Pérez: Science Fiction Magazines in Latin America: The Tension between Readability and Innovation – Carlos Abraham: An Overview of the Latin American Science Fiction Market – Pablo Brescia: Great Expectations? Latin American Science Fiction and Canon (Con)figurations – Ramiro Sanchiz: That’s the Attitude: Magazines, Communities and Counterculture in Uruguay and Latin America (1989–2013) – Ariela Schnirmajer: Uses of Utopia in the Disputes of the Lettered City (1770–1850) – Juan Pisano: An Unnatural Selection: Science, Progress and Fiction (1850–1930) – Miguel Ángel Fernández Delgado: The Dissemination of a Literary Genre (1940–1959) – Maielis González Fernández: Made at Home: On Some of the Forms and Uses of the Science Fiction Genre (1960–1990) – Emily A. Maguire: From Technological Realism to the Science-Fictional Turn in Latin American Literature (1985–2017) – Iván Rodrigo Mendizábal: The Political Dimension of Latin American Science Fiction – Sandra Gasparini: Political Corpses: Zombies in Recent Argentine Narrative – Alejo Steimberg: Fictional Universes in Science Fiction: The Latin American Case – Macarena Cortés: Agency and Opening of Female Bodies in the First Stories of Aldunate, Gorodischer and Chaviano – Teresa López-Pellisa: Women Science Fiction Writers in Latin America: Bioethics and Biopolitics in Laura Ponce and Alicia Fenieux – Antonio Córdoba: Aliens, Mutants, Cyborgs, Digital Selves: Avatars of the Posthuman in Latin American Science Fiction – Éverly Pegoraro: Steampunk Science Fiction: Brazilian Appropriations – Giovanna Rivero: An Ecology of the Death of the Species: The Mourning Play as a Narrative Form Joanna Page: Technology in Latin American Science Fiction: Allegories of Consumption and Conspiracy – Marcos Adrián Pérez Llahí/Silvia Angiola: The Eternal Dream of a Minor Cinema: Latin American Dalliances with Science Fiction – Raúl Aguiar: Experimentation, Utopia and Dystopia in Cinema (1969–1999) – Elton Honores: Invasions, Adventures and Space Travel in the Visual Language of Comics – Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste: On the Trail of the Murderous State: On Latin American Alternate History – Lyz Reblin-Renshaw: Looking Forward to Our Past: A Retrospective on Science Fiction Video Games – Notes on Contributors – Index.

“The Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction is an apt testament to how important this genre is becoming in both Latin American and sf studies. With impressive range and clarity, it covers topics ranging from a chronology of speculative texts in Latin American literary history, to the cultures and communities that sustain sf in institutional publishing and fan contexts, to key themes that capture the distinct identity of Latin American sf—political figurations, the borders of science, and gender difference. The editors have curated an impressive set of essays that consider sf in media beyond print, and which take on the difficult question of how the genre might differ from neighboring aesthetic forms such as magical realism and canonical literature. This ground-breaking volume demonstrates the unique contributions and qualities of Latin American sf, and thus its influence on both Latin American cultural traditions and the global shape of sf today.”—Sherryl Vint, Professor, UC Riverside, Editor, Science Fiction Studies, Editor, Palgrave Science and Popular Culture series