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Indian science fiction : patterns, history and hybridity /

This book examines Indian science fiction written not only in English but also in other Indian languages (Bangla, Hindi, Marathi etc.). It traces the history of the genre since 1835 and examines specific formal and thematic aspects to highlight how the genre functions at the intersection of Indian a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Banerjee, Suparno (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2020]
Colección:New dimensions in science fiction.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Series Editors' Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Brief Chronology of Indian Science Fiction -- Introduction: To Mark or Not to Mark Territories -- Defining SF -- Defining 'Indian' -- The Trajectory -- 1. Genealogies: A Brief History of Indian SF -- 1835-1905: Revolutionary Futures, Scientific Education and Influence of Western SF -- 1905-47: Utopias, Popular Culture and Experimentations -- 1947-95: The Golden Age of SF in Indigenous Languages, Rebirth of Indian English SF and SF on Screen -- 1995-2019: The Rise of Indian English SF, Globalisation, SF Films and Web Mags -- Conclusion -- 2. Cognitions and Estrangements: Epistemes and World Building in Indian SF -- Knowledge, Science and Science Fiction -- Science and Fiction -- Vedic Science and Fiction -- Subaltern Science and Fiction -- SF and the Mythological Paradigm -- Reinterpreting Hindu Myths -- Indian SF and Non-Hindu Myths Conclusion -- 3. Other Times: Alternative Histories, Imagining the Future and Non-linear Temporalities -- Alternative Histories -- Other Tomorrows -- The Present, Forking Paths and Non-linear Temporalities -- Conclusion -- 4. Other Spaces: Utopian Discourses and Non-expansionist Journeys -- Indian SF and Utopian Discourses -- Indian SF and Space Travel -- Conclusion -- 5. The Others: Aliens, Robots, Cyborgs and Other Others -- The Other as the Self -- The Other as the Other -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Close Encounters -- Notes -- Bibliography: Primary Texts -- Bibliography: Secondary Texts. 
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