Arabic Science Fiction (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)

This book traces the roots of Arabic science fiction through classical and medieval Arabic literature, undertaking close readings of formative texts of Arabic science fiction via a critical framework developed from the work of Western critics of Western science fiction, Arab critics of Arabic science fiction and postcolonial theorists of literature. Ian Campbell investigates the ways in which Arabic science fiction engages with a theoretical concept he terms "double estrangement" wherein these texts provide social or political criticism through estrangement and simultaneously critique their own societies' inability or refusal to engage in the sort of modernization that would lead the Arab world back to leadership in science and technology.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in Global Science Fiction
Release date:	2019
First published:	2018
Authors:	Ian Campbell
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	322
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-008254-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	3-03-008254-7
Barcode:	9783030082543

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