05495nam a22005418i 4500 45350 BD-DhAAL 20260224121625.0 250417t2026 enk b 001 e eng 2025014520 9781032752624 9781003651451 9781041097174 9781003651451 24159110 (DLC)24159110 DLC eng rda DLC DLC-MRC BD-DhAAL pcc az----- ff----- PN3448.S64 S74 2026 809.3876 23 The speculative route : futures from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa / edited by Merve Tabur and Sami Ahmad Khan. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026. xx, 250 pages ; 23 cm Studies in global genre fiction Includes bibliographical references and index. "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. ENH Sabiha Huq, PhD Professor Department of English and Humanities BRAC University Course Name and No. : Dissertations (ENG 466) Hye Trade International 45350, 45351, 45352, 45353, 45354 Speculative fiction History and criticism. 60300 Science fiction, Indic History and criticism. 60301 South Asian fiction (English) History and criticism. 60302 Middle Eastern fiction History and criticism. 60303 Arabic fiction Africa, North History and criticism. 60304 Literary criticism. 60238 Essays. 59183 Tabur, Merve editor http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 60305 Khan, Sami Ahmad, 1985- editor http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 60306 Studies in global genre fiction 60307 Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks ddc BK 47722 47722 0 0 ddc 0 809_387600000000000_SPE 0 78773 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2026-01-29 Hye Trade International 3799.00 0 809.3876 SPE 3010045352 2026-01-29 3 7598.00 2026-01-29 BK Requisitioned by Sabiha Huq (Professor, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University) for the course named- Dissertations ‘’(ENG 466)’’ 0 0 ddc 0 809_387600000000000_SPE 0 78774 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2026-01-29 Hye Trade International 3799.00 0 809.3876 SPE 3010045353 2026-01-29 4 7598.00 2026-01-29 BK Requisitioned by Sabiha Huq (Professor, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University) for the course named- Dissertations ‘’(ENG 466)’’ 0 0 ddc 0 809_387600000000000_SPE 0 78775 BRACUL BRACUL CIR 2026-01-29 Hye Trade International 3799.00 0 809.3876 SPE 3010045350 2026-01-29 1 7598.00 2026-01-29 1HOUR Requisitioned by Sabiha Huq (Professor, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University) for the course named- Dissertations ‘’(ENG 466)’’; As instructed by the University Librarian, the book has been placed on a one-hour loan period following the receipt of five copies. 0 0 ddc 0 809_387600000000000_SPE 0 78776 BRACUL BRACUL NEW 2026-01-29 Hye Trade International 3799.00 0 809.3876 SPE 3010045351 2026-01-29 2 7598.00 2026-01-29 BK Requisitioned by Sabiha Huq (Professor, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University) for the course named- Dissertations ‘’(ENG 466)’’ 0 0 ddc 0 809_387600000000000_SPE 0 78777 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2026-01-29 Hye Trade International 3799.00 0 809.3876 SPE 3010045354 2026-01-29 5 7598.00 2026-01-29 BK Requisitioned by Sabiha Huq (Professor, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University) for the course named- Dissertations ‘’(ENG 466)’’