Globalization, Utopia and Postcolonial Science Fiction

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New Maps of Hope

ISBN: 0230354475
ISBN 13: 9780230354470
Autor: Smith, E
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: viii, 244 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Situated at the juncture of postcolonial studies, utopian studies, science fiction studies, and cultural studies more generally, the book appeals to a diverse academic audience.High academic (and popular) interest in titles on science fictionDiscusses very recent science fiction and postcolonial literary textsSpeaks to current and exciting debates within both science fiction and postcolonial studiesOffers provocative, insightful close readings of the fictional texts discussed

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Beschreibung

This study considers the recent surge of science fiction narratives from the postcolonial Third World as a utopian response to the spatial, political, and representational dilemmas that attend globalization.

Autorenporträt

ERIC SMITH is Associate Professor of English at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA. He has published widely on Postcolonial and Modern/Postmodern British Literatures.

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