From Amazons to Zombies
Monsters in Latin America
From Amazons to Zombies
Monsters in Latin America
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How did it happen that whole regions of Latin America—Amazonia, Patagonia, the Caribbean—are named for monstrous races of women warriors, big-footed giants and cannibals? Through history, monsters inhabit human imaginings of discovery and creation, and also degeneration, chaos, and death. Latin America’s most dynamic monsters can be traced to archetypes that are found in virtually all of the world's sacred traditions, but only in Latin America did Amazons, cannibals, zombies, and other monsters become enduring symbols of regional history, character, and identity. From Amazons to Zombies presents a comprehensive account of the qualities of monstrosity, the ways in which monsters function within and among cultures, and theories and genres of the monstrous. It describes the genesis and evolution of monsters in the construction and representation of Latin America from the Ancient world and early modern Iberia to the present.
Table of Contents
1. The Immanence of Monsters: From Iberia to the New World
2. Anthropology, Anthropophagy, and Amazons
3. Beautiful Deformities: The Mermaid Metaphor
4. Pseudoscience and Psychobiology: The simuladores del talento
5. Vampires in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
6. The Caribbean Zombie Gothic
7. Epilogue: Ghosts, Globalization, and Monster Movies
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Product details
| Published | 29 Sep 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 216 |
| ISBN | 9781611487084 |
| Imprint | Bucknell University Press |
| Illustrations | 2 b/w illustrations; |
| Dimensions | 228 x 149 mm |
| Series | Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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