Beatriz Sarlo, one of the most important literary and cultural critics in Argentina and all of Latin America, was a founder of the progressive journal Punto de Vista. She is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

• Contents Acknowledgmentsix Translator's Notexi Introduction1 Part I. Letters000 1.Horacio Quiroga and Technoscientific Theory000 2.Arlt: Technology in the City000 3.Popular Science and the Popularizing Press000 Part II. Histories000 4.Inventors: Technology and Mythmaking000 5.Radio, Cinema, and Television: Long-Distance Communication000 6.Doctors, Clairvoyants, and Quacks000

"The importance of Beatriz Sarlo's work for literary and cultural criticism in Argentina over the last three decades can hardly be overstated. . . The sheer breadth and scope of Sarlo's work, from studies on Echeverria, Payro and Borges to the cultural politics of Peronism, postmodern consumerism or, most recently, the critique of the 'memorial shift' in history, puts her in a league of her own: few in Argentina, or indeed elsewhere, can match the lucidity of Sarlo's 'reading machine', her ability to trace connections and relays across the archive of Argentine culture, high as well as low-brow."—Jens Andermann, Bulletin of Spanish Studies "This slim yet solid volume provides rare insight into the intersection of culture, technology, and society in early twentieth-century Argentina."—The Americas

Beatriz Sarlo, one of the most important literary and cultural critics in Argentina and all of Latin America, was a founder of the progressive journal Punto de Vista. She is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

• Contents Acknowledgmentsix Translator's Notexi Introduction1 Part I. Letters000 1.Horacio Quiroga and Technoscientific Theory000 2.Arlt: Technology in the City000 3.Popular Science and the Popularizing Press000 Part II. Histories000 4.Inventors: Technology and Mythmaking000 5.Radio, Cinema, and Television: Long-Distance Communication000 6.Doctors, Clairvoyants, and Quacks000

"The importance of Beatriz Sarlo's work for literary and cultural criticism in Argentina over the last three decades can hardly be overstated. . . The sheer breadth and scope of Sarlo's work, from studies on Echeverria, Payro and Borges to the cultural politics of Peronism, postmodern consumerism or, most recently, the critique of the 'memorial shift' in history, puts her in a league of her own: few in Argentina, or indeed elsewhere, can match the lucidity of Sarlo's 'reading machine', her ability to trace connections and relays across the archive of Argentine culture, high as well as low-brow."—Jens Andermann, Bulletin of Spanish Studies "This slim yet solid volume provides rare insight into the intersection of culture, technology, and society in early twentieth-century Argentina."—The Americas

Beatriz Sarlo, one of the most important literary and cultural critics in Argentina and all of Latin America, was a founder of the progressive journal Punto de Vista. She is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

• Contents Acknowledgmentsix Translator's Notexi Introduction1 Part I. Letters000 1.Horacio Quiroga and Technoscientific Theory000 2.Arlt: Technology in the City000 3.Popular Science and the Popularizing Press000 Part II. Histories000 4.Inventors: Technology and Mythmaking000 5.Radio, Cinema, and Television: Long-Distance Communication000 6.Doctors, Clairvoyants, and Quacks000

"The importance of Beatriz Sarlo's work for literary and cultural criticism in Argentina over the last three decades can hardly be overstated. . . The sheer breadth and scope of Sarlo's work, from studies on Echeverria, Payro and Borges to the cultural politics of Peronism, postmodern consumerism or, most recently, the critique of the 'memorial shift' in history, puts her in a league of her own: few in Argentina, or indeed elsewhere, can match the lucidity of Sarlo's 'reading machine', her ability to trace connections and relays across the archive of Argentine culture, high as well as low-brow."—Jens Andermann, Bulletin of Spanish Studies "This slim yet solid volume provides rare insight into the intersection of culture, technology, and society in early twentieth-century Argentina."—The Americas