{"product_id":"9781683404323-technified-muses","title":"Technified Muses","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReconfiguring National Bodies in the Mexican Avant-Garde\u003cbr\u003eUses the idea of the muse from Greek mythology and the cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters and their bodies in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamining representations of the female body in postrevolutionary genre literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume, Sara Potter uses the idea of the muse from Greek mythology and the cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters and their bodies in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present. Examining genres including science fiction, cyberpunk, and popular fiction, Potter finds that “technified muse” figures often appear in these texts at moments of violence and sociopolitical transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePotter begins by looking at two avant-garde movements that emerged in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution: the Estridentistas and the Contemporáneos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving to the “Mexican Miracle,” a midcentury period of economic prosperity, she considers the work of surrealists Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo within their cultural and political climates. She then addresses the aftermath of the 1968 student massacre in Tlatelolco as explored in Fernando del Paso’s \u003ci\u003ePalinuro de México\u003c\/i\u003e and Juan García Ponce’s \u003ci\u003eCrónica de la intervención\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, Potter engages with the era that began with the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and Zapatista rebellion, drawing from Bernardo Fernández’s \u003ci\u003eGel azul\u003c\/i\u003e, Guadalupe Nettel’s \u003ci\u003eEl huésped\u003c\/i\u003e, and Karen Chacek’s \u003ci\u003eLa caída de los pájaros\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnified Muses\u003c\/i\u003e shows that during these key periods, writers created muse-like characters that interact with the technological discourses of their times. These figures reflect the increasing emphasis on science and progress throughout the twentieth century, embodying the modernization of Mexico while offering parallel narratives that challenge official portrayals of the nation’s history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55181995639158,"sku":"9781683404323","price":65.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38148751_4c34a191-1a42-4c86-b6cb-7adaf98ab51a.jpg?v=1763753743","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781683404323-technified-muses","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}