The Latinx Files: Race, Migration, and Space Aliens

In The Latinx Files, Matthew David Goodwin traces how Latinx science fiction writers are reclaiming the space alien from its xenophobic legacy in the science fiction genre. The book argues that the space alien is a vital Latinx figure preserving Latinx cultures by activating the myriad possible cons...

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Beteilige Person: Goodwin, Matthew David (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Global Media and Race
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Links:https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978815148
Zusammenfassung:In The Latinx Files, Matthew David Goodwin traces how Latinx science fiction writers are reclaiming the space alien from its xenophobic legacy in the science fiction genre. The book argues that the space alien is a vital Latinx figure preserving Latinx cultures by activating the myriad possible constructions of the space alien to represent race and migration in the popular imagination. The works discussed in this book, including those of H.G. Wells, Gloria Anzaldúa, Junot Diaz, André M. Carrington, and many others, often explicitly reject the derogatory correlation of the space alien and Latinxs, while at other times, they contain space aliens that function as a source of either enlightenment or horror for Latinx communities. Throughout this nuanced analysis, The Latinx Files demonstrates how the character of the space alien has been significant to Latinx communities and has great potential for future writers and artists
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
Umfang:1 online resource (172 pages) 12 b-w images
ISBN:9781978815148
DOI:10.36019/9781978815148