Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World

Essays on Postcolonial Literature and Film

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Edited by Ericka Hoagland and Reema Sarwal

Type: Essays
Subject: Genre > Science Fiction
Keywords: science fiction, sociology, colonialism
Publishing date: 2010
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Language: English

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Paperback • 231 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-4789-3

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Book Presentation:
Though science fiction is often thought of as a Western phenomenon, the genre has long had a foothold in countries as diverse as India and Mexico. These fourteen critical essays examine both the role of science fiction in the third world and the role of the third world in science fiction. Topics covered include science fiction in Bengal, the genre’s portrayal of Native Americans, Mexican cyberpunk fiction, and the undercurrents of colonialism and Empire in traditional science fiction. The intersections of science fiction theory and postcolonial theory are explored, as well as science fiction’s contesting of imperialism and how the third world uses the genre to recreate itself.

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About the authors:
Ericka Hoagland is an assistant professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Reema Sarwal is a research scholar in New Delhi, India. She has taught as a lecturer at Miranda House, University of Delhi and is now pursuing her Ph.D in contemporary Australian fantasy fiction at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Press Reviews:
"a worthy addition"—Science Fiction Studies; "highly recommended…outstanding"—Midwest Book Review.

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