The Postnational Fantasy: Essays on Postcolonialism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780786461417 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 225 str.

Masood Ashraf Raja; Jason W. Ellis; Swaralipi Nandi

Opis

In twelve critical and interdisciplinary essays, 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, these essays chart 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.