Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas (UCR ARTSBLOCK)

Synopsis

If A Latin American Science Fiction Is Said To Exist, The Texts In This Volume Interrogate Where That Latin America, And Its Science-fiction Imagination, Might Be Located. In Addition To Focusing On Specific Regions In North, Central And South America, The Book’s Essays Cross Time And Space, Illuminating Soviet Influence In Cuba, The Impact Of American Pop Culture In Mexico And The Cross-pollination Of European Avant-garde Aesthetics In Brazil. Mundos Alternos Will Be An Indispensable Resource For Contemporary Art Curators Working On Latin America, Science-fiction Scholars Interested In Visual Interpretations Of The Genre And Readers Interested In Science Fiction, Art, Latin America And The Diaspora -- Provided By The Publisher. Robb Hernández, Tyler Stallings, Joanna Szupinska-myers ; With Contributions By Kency Cornejo, Rudi Kraeher, Kathryn Poindexter, Itala Schmelz, Alfredo Suppia, Sherryl Vint ; Hernández & Stallings, Eds. Published In Conjunction With An Exhibition Of The Same Name Held At Ucr Artsblock, September 16, 2017-february 3, 2018, Part Of Pacific Standard Time: La/la. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 152-153).