Title From Amazons to Zombies : Monsters in Latin America / Persephone Braham

Published Lanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) Series The Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory. Contents The immanence of monsters: from Iberia to the New World -- Anthropology, anthropophagy, and Amazons -- Beautiful deformities: the mermaid metaphor -- Pseudoscience and psychobiology: the simuladores del talento -- Vampires in the age of mechanical reproduction -- The Caribbean zombie gothic -- Epilogue: Ghosts, globalization, and monster movies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed SUBJECT Amazone gnd Subject Latin American literature -- History and criticism Monsters in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. Latin American literature Monsters in literature Lateinamerikabild Ungeheuer Literatur Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021675578 ISBN 9781611487077 1611487072

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