Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture (Aztlan Anthology)

Synopsis

Speculative Fiction -- Encompassing Both Science Fiction And Fantasy -- Has Emerged As A Dynamic Field Within Chicana/o And Latina/o Studies, Producing New Critical Vocabularies And Approaches To Topics That Include Colonialism And Modernity, Immigration And Globalization, Race And Gender. The First Collection Engaging A Chicana/o And Latina/o Speculative Vultural Production, Altermundos Provides A Comprehensive Alternative To The View Of Speculative Fiction As A Largely White, Male, Eurocentric, And Heteronormative Genre. It Features Original Essays From More Than Twenty-five Scholars As Well As Interviews, Manifestos, Short Fiction, And New Works From Chicana/o And Latina/o Artists-- Foreword. The Time Machine: From Afrofuturism To Chicanafuturism And Beyond / Catherine S. Ramírez -- Introduction. Altermundos: Reassessing The Past, Present, And Future Of The Chican@ And Latin@ Speculative Arts / Cathryn Josefina Merla-watson And B.v. Olguín -- I. Reassessing Chican@ And Latin@ Speculative Aesthetics. The Emancipatory Power Of The Imaginary: Defining Chican@ Speculative Productions / William A. Calvo-quirós -- Recovering Gloria Anzaldúa's Sci-fi Roots: Nepantler@ Visions In The Unpublished And Published Speculative Precursors To Borderlands / Susana Ramírez -- Reading Jaime Hernandez's Comics As Speculative Fiction / Shelley Streeby -- Chicana/o Cyberpunk After El Movimiento / Lysa Rivera -- Ii. Cyborgs, Networks, And Posthumanism. From Code To Codex: Tricksterizing The Digital Divide In Ernest Hogan's Smoking Mirror Blues / Daoine S. Bachran -- Contrapuntal Cyborgs? The Ideological Limits And Revolutionary Potential Of Latin@ Science Fiction / B.v. Olguín -- Machete Don't Text: From Genre Textualities To Media Networks In Machete / William Orchard -- Girl In A Coma Tweets Chicanafuturism: Decolonial Visions, Social Media, And Archivista Praxis / Michelle Habell-pallán -- Iii. Latin@ Horror And The Politics Of Monstrosity. #rapetreesarereal: Chican@futurism And Hybridizing Horror In Christopher Carmona's Strange Leaves / Cynthia Saldivar -- Contesting Monstrosity In Horror Genres: Chicana Feminist Mappings Of De La Peña's Refugio And Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series / Luz María Gordillo -- Colonial Pasts, Utopian Futures: Creative And Critical Reflections On The Monstrous As Salvific / Linda Heidenreich -- Iv. From The Dystopic To The Utopic. The Future Of Food? Indigenous Knowledges And Sustainable Food Systems In Latin@ Speculative Fiction / Gabriela Nuñez -- Narrating The Right To Health: Speculative Genre In Morales's The Rag Doll Plagues / Andrew Uzendoski -- Waking The Sleeping Giant: Mestizaje, Ideology, And The Postcyberpunk Poetics Of Carlos Miralejos's Texas 2077 / José R. Flores -- Engineering Afro-latina And Mexican Immigrant Heroines: Biopolitics In Borderlands Speculative Literature And Film / Isabel Millán -- Decolonizing The Future Today: Speculative Testimonios And Nepantlerx Futurisms In Student Activism At The University Of California, Davis / Natalia Deeb-sossa And Susy J. Zepeda -- V. Charting The Chican@futurist Visual Art. Artist Interview: Juventino Aranda And Chican@futurism / Margarita E. Pignataro -- For Those Seeking Signs Of Intelligent Life: Xicana Chronicles Of The Original Alien Ancestors / Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez -- Artist Communiqué: The Mission Manifesto: Project Masa / Luis Valderas -- (trans)mission Possible: The Coloniality Of Gender, Speculative Rasquachismo, And Altermundos In Luis Valdera's Chican@futurist Visual Art / Cathryn Josefina Merla-watson -- G Curator Communiqué: Mundos Alternos: A Skylab For Speculative Curation / Robb Hernández -- Vi. Latin@ Literary Altermundos And Multiverses. Author Communiqué: Intimations Of Infinite Entanglement: Notes Toward A Prolegomena For Any Future: Repudiatory Postscript To The Farthest Home Is In An Empire Of Fire / John Phillip Santos -- Author Reflection And Novel Excerpt: Becoming Nawili: Utopian Dreaming At The End Of The World / Cordelia E. Barrera -- Chicanonautica Manifesto / Ernest Hogan -- Artist Reflection: Flying Saucers In The Barrio: Forty Years Ago, Chicano Students In Crystal City Created A Bowie-inspired Speculative Rock Opera / Gregg Barrios -- Sexy Cyborg Cholo Clownz / Joe Jiménez -- Author Statement And Excerpt: The Canción Cannibal Cabaret: A Post-apocalyptic Anarcha-feminist Revolutionary Punk Rock Musical / Amalia Ortiz -- Rewrite The Future! Notes On Editing Latin@ Rising: An Anthology Of Latin@ Science Fiction And Fantasy / Matthew David Goodwin. Edited By Cathryn Josefina Merla-watson And B.v. Olguín. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.