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- English
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This study draws from postcolonial theory, science fiction criticism, utopian studies, genre theory, Western and Indian philosophy and history to propose that Indian science fiction functions at the intersection of Indian and Western cultures. The author deploys a diachronic and comparative approach in examining the multilingual science fiction traditions of India to trace the overarching generic evolutions, which he complements with an analysis of specific patterns of hybridity in the genre's formal and thematic elements â time, space, characters and the epistemologies that build the worlds in Indian science fiction. The work explores the larger patterns and connections visible despite the linguistic and cultural diversities of Indian science fiction traditions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Series Editorsâ Preface
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Brief Chronology of Indian Science Fiction
- Introduction: To Mark or Not to Mark Territories
- 1. Genealogies: A Brief History of Indian SF
- 2. Cognitions and Estrangements: Epistemes and World Building in Indian SF
- 3. Other Times: Alternative Histories, Imagining the Future and Non-linear Temporalities
- 4. Other Spaces: Utopian Discourses and Non-expansionist Journeys
- 5. The Others: Aliens, Robots, Cyborgs and Other Others
- Conclusion: Close Encounters
- Notes
- Bibliography: Primary Texts