Cyborgs in Latin America  /
Brown, J.author.
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org . Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity.
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A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org . Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Posthuman Porteños: Cyborg Survivors in Argentine Narrative and Film -- Chapter 2 Missing Gender: The Posthuman Feminine in Alicia Borinsky, Carmen Boullosa, and Eugenia Prado -- Chapter 3 Ripped Stitches: Mass Media and Televisual Imaginaries in Rafael Courtoisie's Narrative -- Chapter 4 Neoliberal Prosthetics in Postdictatorial Argentina and Bolivia: Carlos Gamerro and Edmundo Paz Soldán -- Chapter 5 Video Heads and Rewound Bodies: Cyborg Memories in Rodrigo Fresán and Alberto Fuguet -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Literature   .
Philosophy and social sciences.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Philosophy of mind.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Latin American Culture.
Social Theory.
Philosophy of Mind.
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