Cyborgs in Latin America

Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity. The book takes a literary and cultural studies approach in examining narrative, film and advertising campaigns from various Latin American countries. INDICE: Posthuman Porteños: Cyborg Survivors in Argentine Narrative and Film * Missing Gender: The Posthuman Feminine in Alicia Borinsky, Carmen Boullosa, and Eugenia Prado * Ripped Stitches: Mass Media and Televisual Imaginaries in Rafael Courtoisie’s Narrative * Neoliberal Prosthetics in Post-dictatorial Argentina and Bolivia: Carlos Gamerro and Edmundo Paz Soldán *Video Heads and Rewound Bodies: Cyborg Memories in Rodrigo Fresán and Alberto Fuguet

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10390-0
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 20/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés