Tropicalizing Frankenstein in Latin America
Frankenstein is not an exclusive character belonging to the realm of the Gothic narrative, but a vivid element that has evolved and adapted to diverse social contexts and geographies. Mary Shelley's work has endured the passing of time and now is a symbol of the popular culture. It has appeared...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositório: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:224407 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/224407 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.2647 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Latin America Artificial Intelligence Robots Frankenstein Ethics of science América Latina Inteligencia artificial Ética de la ciencia |
| Resumo: | Frankenstein is not an exclusive character belonging to the realm of the Gothic narrative, but a vivid element that has evolved and adapted to diverse social contexts and geographies. Mary Shelley's work has endured the passing of time and now is a symbol of the popular culture. It has appeared in numerous movies, TV series, comics and it has inspired many other shows and literary works. In our Internet era, it is present across "memes" and other multimedia staff shared on social media. In this paper, I look to understand Mary Shelley's Frankenstein influence on people's attitudes regarding technology and science, particularly artificial intelligence and robots. How the negative visions and fears about the misuse of science to break traditional moral and religion boundaries are still present in popular culture, including in developing regions like Latin America. Fieldwork will be focused on reviewing several Latin American newspapers and magazine articles in Spanish and Portuguese published on the Internet. As final outcomes will show, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein still continues influencing people's imagination about science and technology, even in technically less developed regions. |
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