From Amazons to Zombies Monsters in Latin America / Persephone Braham.

Author/creator Braham, Persephone
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxii, 203 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesThe Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory
Contents The immanence of monsters: from Iberia to the New World -- Anthropology, anthropophagy, and Amazons -- Beautiful deformities: the mermaid metaphor -- Pseudoscience and psychobiology: the simuladores del talento -- Vampires in the age of mechanical reproduction -- The Caribbean zombie gothic -- Epilogue: Ghosts, globalization, and monster movies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015032897
ISBN9781611487060 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781611487084 (softcover : alk. paper)