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Author Haywood Ferreira, Rachel.

Title The emergence of Latin American science fiction / Rachel Haywood Ferreira
Published Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 304 pages)
Series Early classics of science fiction
Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series.
Contents Introduction: Latin American science fiction discovers its roots -- Displacement in space and time: the Latin American utopia and dystopia -- The impact of Darwinism: civilization and barbarism meet evolution and devolution -- Strange forces: exploring the limits of science -- The double: from science to technology -- Conclusion: a global genre in the periphery -- Chronology: Latin American science fiction through 1920 -- Bibliography -- Primary texts -- Secondary sources -- Index
Summary A fantastic voyage through the early science fiction of Latin America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Science fiction, Latin American -- History and criticism
Science fiction, Argentine -- History and criticism
Science fiction, Brazilian -- History and criticism
Science fiction, Mexican -- History and criticism
FICTION -- General.
Science fiction, Argentine
Science fiction, Brazilian
Science fiction, Latin American
Science fiction, Mexican
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010034595
ISBN 9780819570819
0819570818
9780819570826
0819570826
9780819570833
0819570834
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9781283101684
9786613101686
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