Research Catalog

Title

Gothic imagination in Latin American fiction and film / Carmen A. Serrano.

Author

Serrano, Carmen A., 1969-

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2019]

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Details

Description

xiii, 245 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This work traces how Gothic imagination from the literature and culture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe and twentieth-century US and European film has impacted Latin American literature and film culture. Serrano argues that the Gothic has provided Latin American authors with a way to critique a number of issues, including colonization, authoritarianism, feudalism, and patriarchy. The book includes a literary history of the European Gothic to demonstrate how Latin American authors have incorporated its characteristics but also how they have broken away or inverted some elements, such as traditional plot lines, to suit their work and address a unique set of issues. The book examines both the modernistas of the nineteenth century and the avant-garde writers of the twentieth century, including Huidobro, Bombal, Rulfo, Roa Bastos, and Fuentes. Looking at the Gothic in Latin American literature and film, this book is a groundbreaking study that brings a fresh perspective to Latin American creative culture"--

Subject

• Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Latin American > History and criticism
• Latin American fiction > European influences
• Latin American fiction > American influences
• Horror films > Latin America > History and criticism
• Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Latin American
• Horror films
• Latin America

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.

Contents

Introduction. Contextualizing the gothic presence in Latin America -- Part 1. The context -- Vampires: the first bat-men are from the Americas -- Films love monsters: film's arrival in Latin America -- Part 2. Cultural anxieties and aesthetic critiques -- Live burials and death-defying beauties -- Vampires cloaked in metaphor -- The doppelgänger: split-selves, animal-doubles, and spectral couples -- Epilogue. Globalized current monsters.

Call Number

JFE 21-8484

ISBN

• 9780826360441
• 0826360440

LCCN

2018051836

OCLC

1057647953

Author

Serrano, Carmen A., 1969- author.

Title

Gothic imagination in Latin American fiction and film / Carmen A. Serrano.

Publisher

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Serrano, Carmen A., 1969- author. Gothic imagination in Latin American fiction and film Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2019] 9780826360458 (DLC) 2019004864

Research Call Number

JFE 21-8484