Globalization, utopia, and postcolonial science fiction new maps of hope / Eric D. Smith.
| Author/creator | Smith, Eric D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | viii, 244 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. "Fictions where a man could live" : worldlessness against the void in Salman Rushdie's Grimus -- 2. "The only way out is through" : spaces of narrative and the narrative of space in Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight robber -- 3. There's no splace like home : domesticity, difference, and the "long space" of short fiction in Vandana Singh's The woman who thought she was a planet -- 4. Claiming the futures that are, or, The cunning of history in Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta chromosome and Manjula Padmanabhan's "Gandhi-toxin" -- 5. Mob zombies, alien nations, and cities of the undead : monstrous subjects and the post-millennial nomos in I am legend and District 9 -- 6. Third-world punks, or, Watch out for the worlds behind you. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012532857 |
| ISBN | 9780230354470 |
| ISBN | 0230354475 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |