Campus Units
World Languages and Cultures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2008
Journal or Book Title
Hispania
Volume
91
Issue
2
First Page
352
Last Page
362
Abstract
This article examines the exponential growth of the field of Latin American science fiction in recent years, first through an evaluation of a series of critical/historical studies of the genre, and then by tracing the textual histories of a number of the region's earliest works of sf. The contemporary interest in identifying, retrolabeling, and republishing the works that form the local roots of Latin American science fiction is indicative of the growing maturity of the genre there, as it stems from a desire to understand the nature and extent of participation in this global yet Northern-centered genre in areas heretofore viewed as periphery. These recent trends mean that writing, reading, teaching, or researching in the field of Latin American science fiction is now a vastly different experience from even a few years ago.
Copyright Owner
Hispania
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Haywood Ferreira, Rachel H., "Back to the Future: The Expanding Field of Latin-American Science Fiction" (2008). World Languages and Cultures Publications. 135.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/language_pubs/135
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Comments
This article is published as “Back to the Future: The Expanding Field of Latin-American Science Fiction.” Hispania 91.2 (2008): 352-62. Posted with permission.