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Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction.
Groundbreaking study of science fiction's relation to colonialism and imperialism.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780819573803
- ISBN: 0819573809
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (201 pages)
- Publisher: Middletown : Wesleyan University Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction; THE WESLEYAN EARLY CLASSICS OF SCIENCE FICTION SERIES; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Colonial Gaze and the Frame of Science Fiction; Fig. 1. Alonzo Gartley, Native Hawaiian Fisherman with Throw Net, 1903; Fig. 2. Frank R. Paul, front cover illustration, Amazing Stories, August 1927; Fig. 3. Harold V. Brown, front cover illustration, Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1939; Chapter 2 Fantasies of Appropriation: Lost Races and Discovered Wealth. Chapter 3 Dramas of InterpretationChapter 4 Artificial Humans and the Construction of Race; Fig. 4. Frank R. Paul, front cover illustration, Amazing Stories, August 1926; Fig. 5. Frank R. Paul, front cover illustration, Science Wonder Stories, October 1929; Chapter 5 Visions of Catastrophe; Notes; Works Cited; Index. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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