Matthew David Goodwin

The Latinx Files

Race, Migration, and Space Aliens

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Produktbeschreibung

The Latinx Files: Race, Migration, and Space Aliens traces how Latinx science fiction writers are reclaiming the space alien from its xenophobic legacy in science fiction. It argues that the space alien is a vital Latinx figure preserving Latinx cultures by activating the myriad possible constructions of the space alien to represent race and migration.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 4g
• ISBN-13: 9781978815117
• ISBN-10: 1978815115
• Artikelnr.: 60156192

Autorenporträt

MATTHEW DAVID GOODWIN is an assistant professor in the Chicana and Chicano studies department at the University of New Mexico. He is the editor of two anthologies: Latinx Rising and Speculative Fiction for Dreamers.   FREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA is a Distinguished University Professor, Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, University Distinguished Scholar, and Alumni Distinguished Teacher at the Ohio State University in Columbus as well as an Eisner award winning author.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Why the Space of the Latinx Speculative Matters by Frederick Luis
Aldama 
Preface: The X in the Latinx Files 
Introduction: A Brief Survey of Latinx Science Fiction 
1 On Space Aliens 
2 Gloria Anzaldúa and the Making of an Alien Consciousness 
3 Reclaiming the Space Alien 
4 Aliens in a Strange Land 
5 The Unbearable Enlightenment of the Space Alien 
6 Space Aliens and the Discovery of Horror 
7 La conciencia Chupacabras 
Conclusion: Fight the Future
Acknowledgments
Notes 
Works Cited 
Index