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Settler Colonialism and Science Fiction: Imagining the Worlds Turned Inside Out.
- Source :
- Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies; Spring/Fall2023, Vol. 10 Issue 1/2, p54-77, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- When it comes to imagining new worlds, there is no better new world than a literally brand new one. Mars is the closest option, and humans recently directed a few sophisticated objects toward it. Billionaire Elon Musk is planning to turn it into a colony. Science fiction has imagined Mars and many other new worlds and has routinely reflected on real or impending contradictions developing on Earth. The contradictions are, in a sense, where the new worlds are imagined from, but the new worlds are often imagined as settler colonies located somewhere else. This article sketches the long-term evolution of science fiction colonialism. It surveys the ways in which science fiction has engaged with settler colonialism as a specific mode of domination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MARS (Planet)
IMPERIALISM
SCIENCE fiction
LITERATURE & science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26438380
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1/2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174154023
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5744/jgps.2022.1004