From Amazons to Zombies presents a comprehensive account of the qualities of monstrosity, the ways in which monsters function within and among cultures, theories, and genres of the monstrous, and the meaning of monsters in texts that have molded social and political discourse in Latin America since the Conquest.
From Amazons to Zombies presents a comprehensive account of the qualities of monstrosity, the ways in which monsters function within and among cultures, theories, and genres of the monstrous, and the meaning of monsters in texts that have molded social and political discourse in Latin America since the Conquest.
Introduction: Making Monsters 1. The Immanence of Monsters: From Iberia to the New World 2. Anthropology, Anthropophagy, and Amazons 3. Beautiful Deformities: The Mermaid Metaphor 4. Pseudoscience and Psychobiology: The simuladores del talento 5. Vampires in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 6. The Caribbean Zombie Gothic 7. Epilogue: Ghosts, Globalization, and Monster Movies Bibliography
Introduction: Making Monsters 1. The Immanence of Monsters: From Iberia to the New World 2. Anthropology, Anthropophagy, and Amazons 3. Beautiful Deformities: The Mermaid Metaphor 4. Pseudoscience and Psychobiology: The simuladores del talento 5. Vampires in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 6. The Caribbean Zombie Gothic 7. Epilogue: Ghosts, Globalization, and Monster Movies Bibliography
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