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Robo sacer : necroliberalism and cyborg resistance in Mexican and Chicanx dystopias / David S. Dalton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dalton, David S., author.
- Series:
- Critical Mexican studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dystopias in literature.
- Mexican fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Mexican fiction.
- Mexican fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Mexican American fiction (Spanish)--20th century--History and criticism.
- Mexican American fiction (Spanish).
- Mexican American fiction (Spanish)--21st century--History and criticism.
- American fiction--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Biopolitics in literature.
- Technology in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Defining the Robo Sacer in a Necroliberal World
- Part I: Denaturalizing Greater-Mexican Zo : The Early Stages of NAFTA (1992-2001)
- 1. Reimagining the Sanctity of Expendable Life: Necroliberal Markets and Secularly Holy Cyborgs in Cherri e Moraga's Heroes and Saints and Guillermo del Toro's Cronos
- 2. Existing in the Necroliberal Order Online: Robo-Sacer Subjectivity in Pepe Rojo's "Ruido gris" and Ernest Hogan's Smoking Mirror Blues
- Part II: NAFTA after the Transition: Expendable Life in a Necroliberal Age (2006-2018)
- 3. Hacking the Bios: Disposable Braceros and Bare Life in Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer and Rosaura Sa nchez and Beatrice Pita's Lunar Braceros 2125-2148
- 4. Robo-Sacer Resistance and Feminicide: Gabriela Damia n Miravete's "Son ara n en el jardi n" and Carlos Carrera and Sabina Berman's Backyard/El traspatio
- 5. Guns, Narcos, and Low-Tech Cyborgs: Magical Realism, SF, and the Posthuman in Julio Herna ndez Cordo n's Co mprame un revo lver and Rudolfo Anaya's ChupaCabra Trilogy
- Conclusion: The Limits of Robo-Sacer Resistance
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 24, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780826505408
- 0826505406
- 9780826505392
- 0826505392
- Publisher Number:
- 40031792790
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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