Latin American Science Fiction Theory and Practice

Combining work by critics from Latin America, the US, and Europe, Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice is the first anthology of articles in English to examine science fiction in all of Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil and the Southern Cone. Using a variety of sophisticated theoretical approaches, the book explores not merely the development of a science fiction tradition in the region, but more importantly, the intricate ways in which this tradition has engaged with the most important cultural and literary debates of recent years.

J. Andrew Brown is Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis, US. He is the author of Test Tube Envy: Science and Power in Argentine Narrative, Cyborgs in Latin America, and the editor of Tecnoescritura: Literatura y tecnología en América latina. He currently serves as the Latin American editor of Revista de Estudios Hispánicos.

M. Elizabeth Ginway is Associate Professor of Portuguese in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Florida, US. She is the author of Brazilian Science Fiction: Cultural Myths and Nationhood in the Land of the Future, which was placed on the "Recommended Reading List for Non-Fiction" by Locus: Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy World in 2005.