Science Fusion in Contemporary Mexican Literature
Science Fusion draws on new materialist theory to analyze the relationship between science and literature in contemporary works of fiction, poetry, and theater from Mexico. In this deft new study, Brian Chandler examines how a range of contemporary Mexican writers "fuse" science and litera...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick
Bucknell University Press
2024
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| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory |
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| ISBN: | 1684485193, 9781684485192, 1684485207, 9781684485208 |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note on Translations -- Introduction: Entangling Science, Literature, and Culture in Mexico -- 1. Entangled Matter: The Science Poetry of Alberto Blanco -- 2. Quantum Mechanics, History, and the Question of Scale in Jorge Volpi's En busca de Klingsor -- 3. Automatons, Androids, and Androcentrism in Ignacio Padilla's El androide y otras quimeras -- 4. A Science of Good and Evil: Sabina Berman's Darwinian Ethical Turn -- 5. In Search of a New Language: Autopoiesis and the Anthropocene in Maricela Guerrero's El sueño de toda célula -- 6. Dimensions of Embodied Experience: Space and Time in Elisa Díaz Castelo's Principia -- Conclusions: Knowing and Belonging in an Entangled Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author