Close encounters of the invasive kind
Subtitle: imperial history in selected British novels of alien-encounter science fiction after World War II
By: Sarah Seymore
Series: Anglistik/Amerikanistik -- 35
Publisher: Lit
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9783643903914
Subjects: English Science fiction; History and criticism; Human-alien encounters in literature; Imperialism in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; History in literature; Englisch; Science-Fiction; Imperialismus; Kolonialismus
Description: Before the breakthrough of postcolonial studies, British science-fiction authors already saw the opportunity to discuss political and ethical issues of imperialism by projecting human history and behavior on the alien Other. Case studies of 15 novels of alien-encounter science fiction illuminate the treatment of colonial and postcolonial concepts such as colonialism, neo-colonialism, empire, paternalism, hybridity, mimicry, and science and technology as means of conquest and resistance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290).