• Edited by Ben Olguín, with Cathryn Josefina Merla-Watson
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Speculative fiction – encompassing both science fiction and fantasy – has emerged as a dynamic field within Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, producing new critical vocabularies and approaches to topics that include colonialism and modernity, immigration and globalization, race and gender. As the first collection engaging Chicana/o and Latina/o speculative cultural production, Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture provides a comprehensive alternative to the view of speculative fiction as a largely white, male, Eurocentric, and heteronormative genre. It features original essays from more than twenty-five scholars as well as interviews, manifestos, short fiction, and new works from Chicana/o and Latina/o artists.

Citation Information

  • Series: Aztlan Anthology
  • City of Publication: Seattle
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publication Date: 2017