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245	0	4	_aThe speculative route : _bfutures from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa / _cedited by Merve Tabur and Sami Ahmad Khan.
260			_aAbingdon, Oxon ; _aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, _c2026.
300			_axx, 250 pages ; _c23 cm
490	0		_aStudies in global genre fiction
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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.
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650		0	_aSpeculative fiction _xHistory and criticism. _960300
650		0	_aScience fiction, Indic _xHistory and criticism. _960301
650		0	_aSouth Asian fiction (English) _xHistory and criticism. _960302
650		0	_aMiddle Eastern fiction _xHistory and criticism. _960303
650		0	_aArabic fiction _zAfrica, North _xHistory and criticism. _960304
655		7	_aLiterary criticism. _960238
655		7	_aEssays. _959183
700	1		_aTabur, Merve _eeditor _4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt _960305
700	1		_aKhan, Sami Ahmad, _d1985- _eeditor _4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt _960306
830		0	_aStudies in global genre fiction _960307
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