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9780786461417

The Postnational Fantasy

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    9780786461417

  • ISBN10:

    0786461411

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-04-11
  • Publisher: McFarland Publishing
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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. Topics covered include science fiction and postcolonialism, issues of ethnicity, nation and transnational discourse. Altogether, this anthology charts a new discursive space, where postcolonial theory and science fiction and fantasy studies work cooperatively to expand our understanding of the fantastic, while simultaneously expanding the scope of postcolonial discussions.

Author Biography

Masood Ashraf Raja is an assistant professor of postcolonial literature and theory at the University of North Texas, and editor of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies. Jason W. Ellis is an English literature Ph.D candidate at Kent State University and holder of an M.A. in science fiction studies from the University of Liverpool. Swaralipi Nandi is an English literature Ph.D candidate at Kent State University, whose research focus is postcolonial literature and theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Forewordp. 1
Introductionp. 5
Postcolonial Issues in Science Fiction
Science Fiction as Experimental Ground for Issues of the Postcolonial Novelp. 17
Truth Is Stranger: The Postnational ôAliensö of Biofictionp. 30
Forms of Compromise: The Interaction of Humanity, Technology and Landscape in Ken MacLeod's Night Sessionsp. 46
The Language of Postnationality: Cultural Identity via Science Fictional Trajectoriesp. 56
The Nation and Ethnicity in Science Fiction
The ôPopularö Science: Bollywood's Take on Science Fiction and the Discourse of Nationsp. 73
Postcolonial Ethics and Identity in Mike Resnick's Kirinyagap. 88
The Frontier Myth and Racial Politicsp. 100
Dystopia and the Postcolonial Nationp. 125
Towards a Postnational Discourse
Body Speaks: Communication and the Limits of Nationalism in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogyp. 141
Engineering a Cosmopolitan Future: Race, Nation, and World of Warcraftp. 156
When ôNationö Stops Making Sense: Mexico and Giorgio Agamben's ôState of Exceptionö in Children of Menp. 174
Fantastic Language/Political Reporting: The Postcolonial Science Fiction Illocutionary Force Is with Usp. 188
About the Contributorsp. 211
Indexp. 213
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