Literary Fiction

Chicano Frankenstein

by Arturo Islas

A contemporary retelling of the Frankenstein narrative through a Chicano lens, blending magical realism with cultural critique. Islas examines identity, alienation, and the construction of self within the borderlands experience, transforming gothic horror into a meditation on belonging and fragmentation.

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