Casas Tomadas: Monsters and Metaphors on the Periphery of Latin American Literature and Media
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| Title: | Casas Tomadas: Monsters and Metaphors on the Periphery of Latin American Literature and Media |
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| Description: | Casas Tomadas: Monsters and Metaphors on the Periphery of Latin American Literature and Media'examines how Latin American writers, filmmakers, and artists use monstrosity to reflect on marginalization, identity, and social trauma. This volume brings together close analyses of literature, film, and visual art from across Latin America, exploring how the monstrous symbolizes resistance to cultural, political, and historical oppression. Organized into four sections—Night Lights, In the Grip of Monsters, Echoes in the Darkness, and Sinister Spaces—the book offers case studies on works by Mariana Enríquez, Samanta Schweblin, Issa López, and others. Each chapter reveals how monsters, from mythic figures to supernatural landscapes, serve as potent metaphors for issues like queer and feminist activism, postcolonial haunting, and socio-political violence. Contributors engage with genres from horror and the Gothic to speculative fiction, situating monstrosity within Latin American experiences of violence, trauma, and resilience. Distinct for its interdisciplinary approach,'Casas Tomadas'will serve as a key resource for students and researchers in Latin American Studies, Cultural Studies, and Gothic and Horror Studies. Its focused structure makes it ideal for classroom adoption, while its fresh perspectives on Latin American Gothic and the politics of monstrosity offer new insights for scholars in queer and postcolonial theory. |
| Authors: | González, Carlos A. |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Latin American literature |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
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