Globalization, Utopia and Postcolonial Science Fiction: New Maps of Hope - Hardcover

Smith, E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230354475 ISBN 13: 9780230354470

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Synopsis

Globalization, Utopia, and Postcolonial Science Fiction: New Maps of Hope explores the aesthetic and historical conditions that inform the recent convergence of the seemingly incommensurable domains of the postcolonial Third World and the genre of SF, part

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Review:

'Smith's remarkable fluency in the areas of postcolonial studies and theories of globalization and his ability to integrate the complex political-economic and philosophical discourses of his theoretical texts with provocative, insightful close readings of the fictional texts are equally impressive. This intelligent, imaginative, and sophisticated book will be an important and influential contribution to postcolonial studies, science fiction studies, contemporary literature studies, and cultural studies.' - Professor John Rieder, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230354475
• ISBN 13: 9780230354470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252