Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas Course Materials From the 1940s to the

From the 1940s to the 1970s

Introduction by Wesley McNair

During the first two decades following the Mexican Revolution

Confronted with mounting insecurities during her post-collegiate life in Manhattan

Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas Course Materials From the 1940s to theEdited by Sarah J. Montross Overview From the 1940s to the 1970s, visionary artists from across the Americas reimagined themes from science fiction and space travel. They mapped extraterrestrial terrain, created dystopian scenarios amid fears of nuclear annihilation, and ingeniously deployed scientific and technological subjects and motifs. This book offers a sumptuously illustrated exploration of how artists from the United States and Latin America