{"product_id":"9781469641706","title":"Los espíritus de la ciencia ficción: Espiritismo, periodismo y cultura popular en las novelas de Eduardo Holmberg, Francisco Miralles y Pedro Castera","description":"This book examines the development of Latin American science fiction from the mid-nineteenth century until the early days of Modernsmo via an in-depth discussion of the first three novels published in Spanish America: \u003ci\u003eViaje maravilloso del senor Nic-Nac al planeta Marte\u003c\/i\u003e by Argentinian writer Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, \u003ci\u003eDesde Jupiter\u003c\/i\u003e by the Chilean Francisco Miralles, and \u003ci\u003eQuerens\u003c\/i\u003e by Pedro Castera from Mexico. These three novels incorporate all the attributes that consistently appear in a science fiction work through a blend of Darwinism and Spiritism, the two most dominant and widely-debated scientific discourses of their time. Consistent with the social and political interests in the recently independent Latin American nations, the three writers address scientific, aesthetic, intellectual and personal beliefs through a combination of utopian optimism and dystopian pragmatism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"UNC Department of Romance Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126166569200,"sku":"9781469641706","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469641706_p0.jpg?v=1763699506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469641706","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}