Star Warriors of the Modern Raj (eBook)

Materiality, Mythology and Technology of Indian Science Fiction

Sami Ahmad Khan (Autor)

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2021
272 Seiten
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-764-6 (ISBN)

Infos

India is mutating and its Science Fiction with it. Star Warriors of the Modern Raj is a critical catalogue of contemporary India s anglophone SF, a path-breaking work that flits between texts, vantage points and frameworks. An alternative to a Eurocentric perspective of SF, this study avoids essentialising definitions and delves into how the world of SF (text) intersects with that of the writer/reader. Fusing paradigms of Science Fiction Studies, South Asian Studies and Postcolonial Studies, among others, the book explicates how India and its SF negotiate one another. It evolves a transMIT thesis to analyse how mythology (M), ideology (I) and technology (T) contour Indian SF and its fictional reimaginings. This study identifies the manifestations of divine beings within SF as differing epistemological categories, locates the modes of marginalisation within Indian popular imagination as altars of alterity, before proceeding to analyse how newer technologies engage with socio-political anxieties in and through SF.Interested in learning about Science Fiction and South Asia? Click on the link below to read Mithila Review interview with Sami Ahmad Khan where he discusses his upcoming volume Star Warriors of the Modern Raj. https://mithilareview.com/ahmad_03_21/

Autor

This will appeal to the generic reader interested in India, its society and literature (SF), academics and students who are interested in literary and culture studies, Postcolonial studies and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to the general readers wanting to know about the links between mythology, politics and technology in India’s Science Fiction.

Inhalt

Author’s Note
List of Illustrations–– 3 (‘IN situ Model’, ‘transMIT thesis’ and ‘TIMography’)
List of Tables–– 1 (ISFE’s Soul)
Content Acknowledgements
Part I (SF-101)
Part II (Materiality)
Section Prologue: The Altar of Alterity
Section Epilogue: The Materiality Menace
Part III (Mythology)
Section Prologue: Hey Bhagwan, the ET has Landed!
Section Epilogue: Revenge of the Myth
Part IV (Technology)
Section Prologue: Beat, Prey, Love
Section Epilogue: The Technology Awakens
Part V (Conclusion)
Works Cited
Glossary

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2021
• Reihe/Serie: New Dimensions in Science Fiction
• Reihe/Serie: New Dimensions in Science Fiction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Ahmad • Fiction • Indian • Khan • Materiality • Modern • Mythology • of • Raj • Sami • Science • Star • Technology • warriors
• ISBN-10: 1-78683-764-1 / 1786837641
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-764-6 / 9781786837646