Science Fiction Circuits of the South and East

Author:   Sonja Fritzsche ,  Anindita Banerjee ,  Sonja Fritzsche
Publisher:   Peter Lang Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   2
ISBN:  

9781787075931


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   26 September 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Sonja Fritzsche ,  Anindita Banerjee ,  Sonja Fritzsche
Publisher:   Peter Lang Ltd
Imprint:   Peter Lang Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   2
Weight:   0.351kg
ISBN:  

9781787075931


ISBN 10:   1787075931
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   26 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Anindita Banerjee: T/Racing Revolution between Red October and the Black Atlantic – Miguel García: Eugenia: Engineering New Citizens in Mexico’s Laboratory of Socialism – Antonio Cordoba: Between Moscow and Santa Clara: The Soviet-Cuban Imaginary in Agustín de Rojas’ Espiral (1980) – Carl Gelderloos: Alien Evolution and Dialectical Materialism in Eastern European Science Fiction – Sonja Fritzsche: A Natural and Artificial Homeland: East German Science Fiction Film Responds to Kubrick and Tarkovsky – Sibelan Forrester: Naming the Future in Translations of Russian and East European Science Fiction – Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee: Ghana-da in Bandung: Race, Science, and Non-Alignment in Premendra Mitra’s Fiction – Jinyi Chu: The Afterlife of the Post-Apocalypse: Dmitry Glukhovsky in China.

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This outstanding collection traces the flows of genre and text outside of white, Anglophone and first worlds - from Zamyatin in the Harlem Renaissance to Glukhovsky in China, from utopian visions of Mexican socialism to fantastical Bengali tales in the era of Nehruvian non-alignment. Now we all have to raise our game. (Mark Bould, University of the West of England, Bristol) Like an unearthed mappa mundi detailing secret trade routes that have been forgotten or ignored, the dazzling essays of Science Fiction Circuits of the South and East suggest an alternative world history of science fiction, revealing stunning connections and opening new vistas for the study of sf and comparative literature. (Istvan Csicsery- Ronay, DePauw University) A groundbreaking anthology that shows how Soviet science fiction inspired rich and diverse speculative storytelling traditions throughout the communist bloc, the Indian subcontinent, China, and even the Americas. A must read for everyone interested in the history of global science fiction. (Lisa Yaszek, Georgia Institute of Technology)


This outstanding collection traces the flows of genre and text outside of white, Anglophone and first worlds - from Zamyatin in the Harlem Renaissance to Glukhovsky in China, from utopian visions of Mexican socialism to fantastical Bengali tales in the era of Nehruvian non-alignment. Now we all have to raise our game. (Mark Bould, University of the West of England, Bristol) Like an unearthed mappa mundi detailing secret trade routes that have been forgotten or ignored, the dazzling essays of Science Fiction Circuits of the South and East suggest an alternative world history of science fiction, revealing stunning connections and opening new vistas for the study of sf and comparative literature. (Istvan Csicsery- Ronay, Depauw University) A groundbreaking anthology that shows how Soviet science fiction inspired rich and diverse speculative storytelling traditions throughout the communist bloc, the Indian subcontinent, China, and even the Americas. A must read for everyone interested in the history of global science fiction. (Lisa Yaszek, Georgia Institution of Technology)


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Anindita Banerjee is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. Sonja Fritzsche is Professor of German and Associate Dean of Personnel, Administration, and Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University.

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