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050 00 $aPN3433.6$b.P67 2011
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245 04 $aThe postnational fantasy :$bessays on postcolonialism, cosmopolitics and science fiction /$cedited by Masood Ashraf Raja, Jason W. Ellis and Swaralipi Nandi ; foreword by Donald M. Hassler.
260 $aJefferson, NC :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2011.
300 $ax, 215 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aCritical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;$v31
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"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.
505 0 $aScience fiction as experimental ground for issues of the postcolonial novel / Michele Braun -- Truth is stranger: the postnational "aliens" of biofiction / Karen Cardozo and Banu Subramaniam -- Forms of compromise: the interaction of humanity, technology and landscape in Ken MacLeod's Night sessions / Adam Frisch -- The language of postnationality: cultural identity via science fictional trajectories / Chris Pak -- The "popular" science: Bollywood's take on science fiction and the discourse of nations / Swaralipi Nandi -- Postcolonial ethics and identity in Mike Resnick's Kirinyaga / Jenn Brandt -- The frontier myth and racial politics / Ángel Mateos-Aparicio Martín-Albo -- Dystopia and the postcolonial nation / Suparno Banerjee -- Body speaks: communication and the limits of nationalism in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy / Katherine R. Broad -- Engineering a cosmopolitan future: race, nation, and World of warcraft / Jason W. Ellis -- When "nation" stops making sense: Mexico and Giorgio Agamben's "state of exception" in Children of men / Stacy Schmitt Rusnak -- Fantastic language/political reporting: the postcolonial science fiction illocutionary force is with us / Marleen S. Barr.
650 0 $aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aPostcolonialism in literature.
650 0 $aGlobalization in literature.
650 0 $aFantasy fiction$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aCosmopolitanism in literature.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
700 1 $aRaja, Masood Ashraf.
700 1 $aEllis, Jason W.
700 1 $aNandi, Swaralipi.
700 1 $aRaja, Masood A.,$d1965-
830 0 $aCritical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;$v31.
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