Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction write by John Rieder. This book was released on 2013-01-01. Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This groundbreaking study explores science fiction's complex relationship with colonialism and imperialism. In the first full-length study of the subject, John Rieder argues that the history and ideology of colonialism are crucial components of science fiction's displaced references to history and its engagement in ideological production. With original scholarship and theoretical sophistication, he offers new and innovative readings of both acknowledged classics and rediscovered gems. Rider proposes that the basic texture of much science fiction—in particular its vacillation between fantasies of discovery and visions of disaster—is established by the profound ambivalence that pervades colonial accounts of the exotic “other.” Includes discussion of works by Edwin A. Abbott, Edward Bellamy, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John W. Campbell, George Tomkyns Chesney, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Edmond Hamilton, W. H. Hudson, Richard Jefferies, Henry Kuttner, Alun Llewellyn, Jack London, A. Merritt, Catherine L. Moore, William Morris, Garrett P. Serviss, Mary Shelley, Olaf Stapledon, and H. G. Wells.
Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System
Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System write by John Rieder. This book was released on 2017-03-07. Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fresh approach to the history and shape of science fiction In Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System, John Rieder asks literary scholars to consider what shape literary history takes when based on a historical, rather than formalist, genre theory. Rieder starts from the premise that science fiction and the other genres usually associated with so-called genre fiction comprise a system of genres entirely distinct from the pre-existing classical and academic genre system that includes the epic, tragedy, comedy, satire, romance, the lyric, and so on. He proposes that the field of literary production and the project of literary studies cannot be adequately conceptualized without taking into account the tensions between these two genre systems that arise from their different modes of production, distribution, and reception. Although the careful reading of individual texts forms an important part of this study, the systemic approach offered by Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System provides a fundamental challenge to literary methodologies that foreground individual innovation.
Imperialism and Colonialism in Science Fiction and Their Imprint on the Genre Today
Imperialism and Colonialism in Science Fiction and Their Imprint on the Genre Today - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Imperialism and Colonialism in Science Fiction and Their Imprint on the Genre Today write by Arleen Schäfer. This book was released on 2021-03-20. Imperialism and Colonialism in Science Fiction and Their Imprint on the Genre Today available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Science Fiction
Science Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science Fiction write by Dr Mark Bould. This book was released on 2012-06-25. Science Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction, science and technology, and examines the interrelationships between spectacle, narrative and self-reflexivity, paying particular attention to the role of special effects in creating meaning and affect. It explores science fiction’s evocations of the sublime, the grotesque, and the camp, and charts the ways in which the genre reproduces and articulates discourses of colonialism, imperialism and neo-liberal globalization. At the same time, Science Fiction provides a thorough analysis of the genre’s representation of race, class, gender and sexuality, making this text an essential guide for students, academics and film fans alike. Key films discussed include: Le voyage dans la lune (1902) 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1916) L’Atlantide (1921) King Kong (1933, 2005) Gojira (1954) La Jetée (1962) The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) Tetsuo (1989) Sleep Dealer (2008) Avatar (2009)
Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World
Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World write by Ericka Hoagland. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Though science fiction is often thought of as a Western phenomenon, the genre has long had a foothold in countries as diverse as India and Mexico. These fourteen critical essays examine both the role of science fiction in the third world and the role of the third world in science fiction. Topics covered include science fiction in Bengal, the genre's portrayal of Native Americans, Mexican cyberpunk fiction, and the undercurrents of colonialism and Empire in traditional science fiction. The intersections of science fiction theory and postcolonial theory are explored, as well as science fiction's contesting of imperialism and how the third world uses the genre to recreate itself. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
