Cyborgs in Latin America
by J. Andrew Brown
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Book Description
Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity. The book takes a literary and cultural studies approach in examining narrative, film and advertising campaigns from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay by such artists as Ricardo Piglia, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Carmen Boullosa and Alberto Fuguet among others. Using and criticizing theoretical models developed by Katherine Hayles, Donna Haraway, Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault, the book will appeal to specialists and students of Latin American Studies; Posthuman Theory; and Literature, Science and Technology Studies.This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download Cyborgs in Latin America ebook for free in PDF format (1.2 MB).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
Posthuman Porteños: Cyborg Survivors in Argentine Narrative and Film
Chapter 2
Missing Gender: The Posthuman Feminine in Alicia Borinsky, Carmen Boullosa, and Eugenia Prado
Chapter 3
Ripped Stitches: Mass Media and Televisual Imaginaries in Rafael Courtoisie’s Narrative
Chapter 4
Neoliberal Prosthetics in Postdictatorial Argentina and Bolivia: Carlos Gamerro and Edmundo Paz Soldán
Chapter 5
Video Heads and Rewound Bodies: Cyborg Memories in Rodrigo Fresán and Alberto Fuguet
Conclusion
Book Details
Title
Cyborgs in Latin America
Subject
Literature
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
2010
Pages
212
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9781349288359
ISBN10
1349288357
ISBN13 Digital
9780230109773
ISBN10 Digital
0230109772
PDF Size
1.2 MB
License
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