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The Postnational Fantasy: Essays on Postcolonialism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction

Masood Ashraf Raja & Jason W. Ellis & Swaralipi Nandi

First published 2011
Publisher McFarland & Company
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Bertrand Benoit
Pages x+215
ISBN 9780786461417

Probable first printing.
No price on book (some sources give $40.00), pub month from Amazon.com as of 2011-03-24 (none on book).

Year Reviewer Publication
2011 Rikk Mulligan SFRA Review, #298 Fall 2011

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Foreword (The Postnational Fantasy: Essays on Postcolonialism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction) Donald M. Hassler Essay
5 Introduction (The Postnational Fantasy: Essays on Postcolonialism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction) Masood Ashraf Raja & Swaralipi Nandi Essay
17 Science Fiction as Experimental Ground for Issues of the Postcolonial Novel Michele Braun Essay
30 Truth Is Stranger: The Postnational "Aliens" of Biofiction Karen Cardozo & Banu Subramaniam Essay
46 Forms of Compromise: The Interaction of Humanity, Technology and Landscape in Ken MacLeod's Night Sessions Adam Frisch Essay
56 The Language of Postnationality: Cultural Identity via Science Fictional Trajectories Chris Pak Essay
73 The "Popular" Science: Bollywood's Take on Science Fiction and the Discourse of Nations Swaralipi Nandi Essay
88 Postcolonial Ethics and Identity in Kirinyaga Jenn Brandt Essay
100 The Frontier Myth and Racial Politics Angel Mateos-Aparicio Martin-Albo Essay
125 Dystopia and the Postcolonial Nation Suparno Banerjee Essay
141 Body Speaks: Communication and the Limits of Nationalism in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy Katherine R. Broad Essay
156 Engineering a Comopolitan Future: Race, Nation, and World of Warcraft Jason W. Ellis Essay
174 When "Nation" Stops Making Sense: Mexico and Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" in Children of Men Stacy Schmitt Rusnak Essay
188 Fantastic Language/Political Reporting: The Postcolonial Science Fiction Illocutionary Force Is with Us Marleen S. Barr Essay