Silvia G. Kurlat Ares – författare

The Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction provides a comprehensive overview of science fiction in Latin America by addressing the history and criticism of the genre in the region. It not only maps the cornerstones of the field (books, comics, magazines, movies) but also studies the specific political, social and cultural concerns that gave rise to its distinctive patterns and ideas. This volume organizes and systematizes the state of the field. In this sense, the aim of the Companion is to analyze Latin American science fiction hand in hand with the literature and culture produced in the rest of the region, providing a proper context for its historic, cultural and political themes. Taking into account the complexity of contemporary debates in the field, the editors have made a point of inviting contributors from a wide variety of countries to provide the most diverse possible set of perspectives on the development of science fiction in Latin America.The volume serves the needs of readers interested in science fiction at large, either in its original language or in translation; students trying to understand the genre; and teachers seeking to address the main issues in the development of the genre in the region by including current approaches to the material. The Companion is an indispensable teaching and learning tool, as well as reference book for critics and interested readers.

The Peter Lang Companion to Latin American Science Fiction provides a comprehensive overview of science fiction in Latin America by addressing the history and criticism of the genre in the region. It not only maps the cornerstones of the field (books, comics, magazines, movies) but also studies the specific political, social and cultural concerns that gave rise to its distinctive patterns and ideas. This volume organizes and systematizes the state of the field. In this sense, the aim of the Companion is to analyze Latin American science fiction hand in hand with the literature and culture produced in the rest of the region, providing a proper context for its historic, cultural and political themes. Taking into account the complexity of contemporary debates in the field, the editors have made a point of inviting contributors from a wide variety of countries to provide the most diverse possible set of perspectives on the development of science fiction in Latin America.The volume serves the needs of readers interested in science fiction at large, either in its original language or in translation; students trying to understand the genre; and teachers seeking to address the main issues in the development of the genre in the region by including current approaches to the material. The Companion is an indispensable teaching and learning tool, as well as reference book for critics and interested readers.

Silvia G. Kurlat Ares, Ph.D., es investigadora independiente. Sus trabajos se centran en la relación entre la producción cultural y lo político. Su libro Para un intelectualidad sin episteme (Corregidor, 2006) analiza las matrices ideológicas de la intelligentsia argentina. Ha editado varios dossiers y volúmenes colectivos para revistas académicas internacionales, incluyendo Conversaciones del Cono Sur, Revista Iberoamericana, Iberoamericana (Berlin), y Alter/nativas. Cuenta con numerosas publicaciones en diversas revistas de investigación tales como Alambique, Revista Académica de Ciencia ficción y Fantasia, Revista de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos, Travesía, Hispamérica, Revista de Literatura, etc. Su reciente artículo Políticas de lo estético en la ilustración de ciencia ficción. El caso de ‘Think Blue, Count Two’ de Cordwainer Smith, que explora la relación entre el arte y la ciencia ficción, fue finalista en el IAFA 2017 Jamie Bishop Award.~Silvia G. Kurlat Ares, Ph.D., is an independent researcher. Her work focuses on the relationship between cultural production and politics. Her book Para una intelectualidad sin episteme (Corregidor, 2006) analyses the ideological matrices of the Argentine intelligentsia. She has edited several dossiers and collective volumes for international academic journals, including Conversaciones del Cono Sur, Revista Iberoamericana, Iberoamericana (Berlin), and Alter/nativas. She has numerous publications in various research journals such as Alambique, Revista Académica de Ciencia ficción y Fantasía, Revista de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos, Travesía, Hispamérica, Revista de Literatura, etc. Her recent article “Políticas de lo estético en la ilustración de ciencia ficción. El caso de ‘Think Blue, Count Two’ de Cordwainer Smith” which explores the relationship between art and science fiction, was a finalist for the 2017 IAFA Jamie Bishop Award.

Estamos ante al primer estudio realizado hasta la fecha en el que se aborda con voluntad panorámica la historia de la ciencia ficción latinoamericana del ámbito hispánico, desde sus orígenes en el siglo XIX hasta la modernidad (mediados del siglo XX). Aunque se han publicado diversos trabajos sobre autores, obras o temas, no existe un estudio de esta magnitud sobre el género en América Latina. Este volumen, junto a la Historia de la ciencia ficción latinoamericana II. Desde la modernidad hasta la posmodernidad, ofrece una aproximación historiográfica en la que se ha privilegiado la perspectiva teórica y comparatista para determinar la poética de la ciencia ficción dominante desde el siglo XIX, a lo largo del siglo XX y lo que llevamos del XXI. Los dos volúmenes destacan por la recuperación del trabajo de las autoras de ciencia ficción latinoamericanas, así como por la visibilización de diferentes obras y escritores que demuestran la existencia de una larga tradición del género en toda la región.