The futures from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa Tabur, Merve editor http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Khan, Sami Ahmad 1985- editor http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt text bibliography essay Literary criticism. Essays. enk Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge 2026 monographic eng

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xx, 250 pages ; 23 cm "The Speculative Route explores speculative traditions and science fictional modes across South and Southwest Asia and North Africa (SSWANA), examining their historical connections, inter and intra-regional entanglements, overlaps, and differences. Conceptualizing science fiction and fantasy (SFF) as a mode rather than genre, this volume challenges the putative boundaries between literary and genre fiction through critical studies and essays focusing on SFF from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. It demonstrates the ways in which science fictional modes of thinking and imagination function as critical tools for addressing social, cultural, and political issues beyond genre conventions and expectations. Bringing together articles by leading scholars of SFF and think-pieces by acclaimed authors of contemporary SF, this volume focuses on central themes such as the relationship between aesthetics and politics, alterity, worldbuilding, memory, trauma, colonialism and decolonization, ecology, gender, religion, and mythopoetics. It engages with the past, present, and future of speculative traditions in SSWANA, and compares the visions that emerge from these seemingly disparate--but historically connected--entities. Part of the Studies in Global Genre Fiction series, this volume will be of great interest to academics, students, and practitioners in the fields of genre studies (notably, SF, SFF), comparative literature, media and popular culture, area studies, postcolonial studies, and future studies, as well as to readers who are interested in exploring SFF works from the Global South"-- Provided by publisher. edited by Merve Tabur and Sami Ahmad Khan. Includes bibliographical references and index. ENH az----- ff----- Speculative fiction History and criticism Science fiction, Indic History and criticism South Asian fiction (English) History and criticism Middle Eastern fiction History and criticism Arabic fiction Africa, North History and criticism PN3448.S64 S74 2026 809.3876 9781032752624 9781003651451 9781041097174 9781003651451 2025014520 DLC 250417 20260224121625.0 45350 eng