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Science Fiction and Empire

Science Fiction and Empire

Publié le par Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot (Source : University of Chicago Press website)


Patricia KERSLAKE, Science Fiction and Empire, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2007, 256 p.
ISBN-10 1-84631-024-5


SUMMARY

From its beginnings, science fiction has experimented withimperialistic scenarios of alien invasion, extraterrestrialexploitation, xenophobia, and colonial conquest. In Science Fiction and Empire,Patricia Kerslake brings contemporary thinking about postcolonialismand imperialism to bear on a variety of classic sci-fi novels andfilms, including The War of the Worlds, Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris, and Star Wars.The first book to identify the consequences of empire in sciencefiction, Kerslake’s study is a compelling investigation of thepolitical ramifications of how we imagine our future.