Brazilian Science Fiction

By: M. Elizabeth Ginway

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Hardcover | 1 May 2004

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"Science fiction, because of its links to science and technology, is the consummate literary vehicle for examining the perception and cultural impact of the modernization process in Brazil. Because of the centrality of the role played by the military dictatorship (1964-85) in imposing industrialization and economic development policies on Brazil, this book examines the genre in the periods before, during, and after the dictatorship, encompassing the years 1960-2000. The analysis shows that a reading of Brazilian science fiction based on its use of paradigms of Anglo-American science fiction and myths of Brazilian nationhood provides a unique look into Brazil's modern metamorphosis as it finds itself on the periphery of the globalized world."

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1900 to Current

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction: Science Fiction, Development, and Myths of Cultural Identity	p. 13
Science Fiction in a Developing Nation	p. 13
Brazilian National Myths	p. 16
Modernization and the Military Regime	p. 23
Brazilian Science Fiction: A Marginalized Genre	p. 25
Approaches to Brazilian Science Fiction: 1960-2000	p. 30
Science Fiction of the Sixties: Cultural Myths in the Land of the Future	p. 36
The Emergence of Science Fiction in Brazil	p. 36
The Icon of the Robot	p. 42
The Icon of the Alien	p. 52
The Icon of the Spaceship	p. 70
The Icon of the City	p. 76
The Icon of the Wasteland	p. 82
Conclusion	p. 87
Brazilian Dystopian Fiction: Protesting Repression, Modernization, and Ecological Degradation	p. 89
Defining Dystopia	p. 89
The Regulation of Sexuality and Reproduction: Fazenda modelo and O fruto do vosso ventre	p. 94
Changing Roles of Women: Adaptacao do funcionario Ruam, Um dia vamos rir disso tudo, and Asilo nas torres	p. 105
Ecological Dystopias: Umbra, "O homem que espalhou o deserto," and Nao veras pais nenhum	p. 121
Conclusion	p. 134
The Post-Dictatorship Generation: Renewal, Postmodernity, and Globalization	p. 137
Background of a New Generation	p. 137
Hard Science Fiction: Dictatorship and the Legacy of Development	p. 143
Cyberpunk: Social Critique or New Myths of Brazilian Identity	p. 150
Robots and Computers: Examining Race, Class, and Gender	p. 165
Alien Encounters: Brazilian Reactions to Globalization	p. 177
Alternate Histories and Parallel Universes: Brazil's Colonial Heritage	p. 191
Women in Brazilian Science Fiction	p. 205
Conclusion	p. 209
Epilogue	p. 212
Notes	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 251
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