| Sumario: | This essay analyzes contemporary science fiction and fantasy novels about Brazil written by Anglo-American authors using the paradigm of the "lost-race novel." This provides a way to understand the mappings of these texts in order to question some of their premises as they create an image, often revealing hegemonic cultural misconceptions, of Brazil for English-speaking readers. The novels discussed include Kadrey's Kamikaze L'Amour, Lewitt's Songs of Chaos, Updike's Brazil, Card's Speaker for the Dead, Anthony's Cradle of Splendor, and McDonald's Brasyl. The article concludes with an analysis of three works that offer a more nuanced rewriting of cultural contact: Delany's "Driftglass," Hayward's TheHealer, and Yamashita's Through the Arc of the Rainforest.
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