Pliable facts and rigorous fictions: the cognitive persuasions of contemporary Latin American science fiction

According to literary critic Darko Suvin, science fiction demonstrates a “supposedly factual” approach to imagining new worlds. In Latin America, however, the factual basis of lived experience from which such fictions are crafted has not always been taken as a given. This essay shows how contemporar...

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Main Author: Emily A. Maguire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Tapuya
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363100