Latinx Visions
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Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-9-2023
Abstract
Latinx Visions: Speculative Worlds in Latinx Art, Literature, and Performance
Latinx artists, writers, and performers are envisioning speculative worlds, including dystopias, utopias, apocalyptic lands, fantastic futures, and horrifying worlds, at a greater rate than ever before. This creative renaissance raises the following questions: Why are Latinx creators drawn to the speculative genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and why now? What is aesthetically exceptional about these new Latinx speculative worlds? With these questions in mind, the Latinx Visions project gathered, for the first time, the most prominent scholars working on this topic for a conference that was held at the University of New Mexico on March 9-11, 2023. The keynote address was delivered by the eminent Chicanx science fiction scholar, Dr. Lysa Rivera, associate professor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Western Washington University.
Recommended Citation
Rivera,, Lysa PhD. "Latinx Visions." (2023). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/crs_presentations/26
