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Author Banerjee, Suparno, author.

Title Indian science fiction : patterns, history and hybridity / Suparno Banerjee.

Publication Info. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series New dimensions in science fiction
New dimensions in science fiction.
Contents Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Series Editors' Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Brief Chronology of Indian Science Fiction -- Introduction: To Mark or Not to Mark Territories -- Defining SF -- Defining 'Indian' -- The Trajectory -- 1. Genealogies: A Brief History of Indian SF -- 1835-1905: Revolutionary Futures, Scientific Education and Influence of Western SF -- 1905-47: Utopias, Popular Culture and Experimentations -- 1947-95: The Golden Age of SF in Indigenous Languages, Rebirth of Indian English SF and SF on Screen
1995-2019: The Rise of Indian English SF, Globalisation, SF Films and Web Mags -- Conclusion -- 2. Cognitions and Estrangements: Epistemes and World Building in Indian SF -- Knowledge, Science and Science Fiction -- Science and Fiction -- Vedic Science and Fiction -- Subaltern Science and Fiction -- SF and the Mythological Paradigm -- Reinterpreting Hindu Myths -- Indian SF and Non-Hindu Myths Conclusion -- 3. Other Times: Alternative Histories, Imagining the Future and Non-linear Temporalities -- Alternative Histories -- Other Tomorrows -- The Present, Forking Paths and Non-linear Temporalities
Conclusion -- 4. Other Spaces: Utopian Discourses and Non-expansionist Journeys -- Indian SF and Utopian Discourses -- Indian SF and Space Travel -- Conclusion -- 5. The Others: Aliens, Robots, Cyborgs and Other Others -- The Other as the Self -- The Other as the Other -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Close Encounters -- Notes -- Bibliography: Primary Texts -- Bibliography: Secondary Texts
Summary This book examines Indian science fiction written not only in English but also in other Indian languages (Bangla, Hindi, Marathi etc.). It traces the history of the genre since 1835 and examines specific formal and thematic aspects to highlight how the genre functions at the intersection of Indian and Western cultures.
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Subject Science fiction, Indic -- History and criticism.
Science fiction, Indic.
Science fiction, Indic (English) -- History and criticism.
Science fiction, Indic (English)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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