| Description |
1 online resource (x, 215 pages) |
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Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 31 |
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Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 31.
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| Contents |
Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Postcolonial Issues in Science Fiction; 1. Science Fiction as Experimental Ground for Issues of the Postcolonial Novel; 2. Truth Is Stranger; 3. Forms of Compromise; 4. The Language of Postnationality; Part II: The Nation and Ethnicity in Science Fiction; 5. The "Popular" Science; 6. Postcolonial Ethics and Identity in Kirinyaga; 7. The Frontier Myth and Racial Politics; 8. Dystopia and the Postcolonial Nation; Part III: Towards a Postnational Discourse; 9. Body Speaks; 10. Engineering a Cosmopolitan Future |
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11. When "Nation" Stops Making Sense12. Fantastic Language/ Political Reporting; About the Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
"In twelve critical and interdisciplinary chapters, this text examines the relationship between the fantastic in novels, movies and video games and real-world debates about nationalism, globalization and cosmopolitanism. This anthology charts a space, where postcolonial theory and science fiction and fantasy studies work to expand our understanding of the fantastic, while expanding the scope of postcolonial discussions"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Globalization in literature.
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Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism
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Cosmopolitanism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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Cosmopolitanism in literature
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Fantasy fiction
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Globalization in literature
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Postcolonialism in literature
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Science fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Raja, Masood A., 1965-
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Ellis, Jason W.
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Nandi, Swaralipi.
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| ISBN |
9780786485550 |
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0786485558 |
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