| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 271 pages) |
| Series |
World science fiction studies, 2296-8814 ; vol. 1 |
| Contents |
Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: In Search of the Australian Fantastic; The Australian Non-Aboriginal Fantastic and its Epitext: A Short Survey; The Aboriginal Novel and its Epitextual Minefield; Spectres of the Aboriginal Fantastic and its Epitext; Chapter 1: The Fantastic as a Terminological Trickster; Chapter 2: The Postcolonial Turn and the Fantastic; Chapter 3: Below the Line: A SF Novel of (Double) Invasion; Chapter 4: "Water": The SF Alien as a Metaphor for Culture; Chapter 5: Land of the Golden Clouds: An Epic Space of Science Fantasy and Fantastika |
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Chapter 6: The Kadaitcha Sung: Towards Native SlipstreamChapter 7: The Swan Book: Into Transrealist Fiction; Conclusion: The Future Arrives; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Postcolonial science fiction reimagines the future in light of the experiences of those who survived oppression and colonisation. Australian Aboriginal fiction writers offer a contribution to this genre. This study, the first of its kind, analyses selected texts as examples of postcolonial science fiction that construct alternative future worlds |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors -- History and criticism
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Science fiction, Australian -- History and criticism
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Future, The, in literature.
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Fantastic, The, in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors
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Fantastic, The, in literature
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Future, The, in literature
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Science fiction, Australian
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787072015 |
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1787072010 |
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9781787072022 |
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9781787072039 |
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1787072029 |
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1787072037 |
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