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03027aam a2200385 i 4500 001 396BC656AD6711EBBB9470C722ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210505010019 008 200916s2021 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020035573 020 $a 1978815115 020 $a 9781978815117 020 $a 1978815107 020 $a 9781978815100 035 $a (OCoLC)1193123215 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PQ7082 S34 G66 2021 100 1 $a Goodwin, Matthew David, $e author. 245 14 $a The Latinx files : $b race, migration, and space aliens / $c Matthew David Goodwin ; foreword by Frederick Luis Aldama. 264 1 $a New Brunswick : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xv, 146 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Global media and race 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / Frederick Luis Aldama -- Introduction: A brief survey of Latinx science fiction -- On space aliens -- Gloria AnzalduÌa and the making of an alien consciousness -- Reclaiming the space alien -- Aliens in a strange land -- The unbearable enlightenment of the space alien -- Space aliens and the discovery of horror -- La conciencia chupacabras -- Conclusion: Fight the future. 520 $a "In science fiction and popular culture, Latinxs and Latinx immigrants are often correlated with invading space aliens. At times serious, at other times a farce, this correlation is typically meant in a derogatory way to portray Latinxs as foreign and threatening the nation. In The Latinx Files, Matthew David Goodwin traces how Latinx science fiction writers are reclaiming the space alien from its xenophobic legacy in the science fiction genre. The book argues that the space alien is a vital Latinx figure which is preserving Latinx cultures by activating the myriad possible constructions of the space alien to represent race and migration in the popular imagination. The works discussed in this book, including those of H.G. Wells, Gloria AnzalduÌa, Junot Diaz, AndreÌ M. Carrington, and many others, often explicitly reject the derogatory correlation of the space alien and Latinxs, while at other times, they contain space aliens that function as a source of either enlightenment or horror for Latinx communities. Throughout this nuanced analysis, The Latinx Files demonstrates how the character of the space alien has been significant to Latinx communities and has great potential for future writers and artists"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Science fiction, Latin American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Extraterrestrial beings in literature. 650 0 $a Literature and race. 700 1 $a Aldama, Frederick Luis, $d 1969- $e writer of foreword. 830 0 $a Global media and race 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707013647.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=396BC656AD6711EBBB9470C722ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search