{"product_id":"altermundos-latin-speculative-literature-film-and-popular-culture-paperback","title":"Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathryn Josefina Merla-Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eB. V. Olguin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeculative 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. As the first collection engaging Chicana\/o and Latina\/o speculative cultural production, \u003ci\u003eAltermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathryn Josefina Merla-Watson is assistant professor in the Mexican American studies program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. B. V. Olguín is professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLa Pinta: Chicana\/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor\u003ci\u003e Latina\/os and WWII: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772966666528,"sku":"9780895511638","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0bf7d44732ca4266bf4652a3ef9c27a4.webp?v=1780417432","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/altermundos-latin-speculative-literature-film-and-popular-culture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}