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Using close readings and thematic studies of contemporary science fiction and postcolonial theory, ranging from discussions of Japanese and Canadian science fiction to a deconstruction of race and (post)colonialism in World of Warcraft, This book is the first comprehensive study of the complex and developing relationship between the two areas.
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'Jessica Langer's crisp study performs timely and acute analyses of issues of racial identity, problems of diaspora and locality, the clash of indigenous and Western forms of knowledge, and the play of historical continuity and discontinuity at the conjuncture of science fiction, colonialism, and postcolonial studies. It should become a central reference in this growing field.' Professor John Rieder, Department of English, UH M?noa, USA
About the author
JESSICA LANGER received her PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2009. She has published widely on postcolonial theory and practice and science fiction literature, film, video games and other media; her work ranges across a variety of geographical contexts including Canada, Japan and India. She currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
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Book Title: Postcolonialism and Science Fiction
Authors: Jessica Langer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230356054
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-32144-1Published: 15 December 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34045-3Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-35605-4Published: 15 December 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 188
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Postcolonial/World Literature, Fiction, Imperialism and Colonialism