| Celestial Empire: The Emergence of Chinese Science Fiction Contributor(s): Isaacson, Nathaniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819576689 ISBN-13: 9780819576682 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy - Literary Criticism | Asian - Chinese - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 895.130 |
| LCCN: 2016028269 |
| Series: Early Classics of Science Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How colonialism profoundly influenced the emergence of Chinese science fiction Challenging assumptions about science fiction's Western origins, Nathaniel Isaacson traces the development of the genre in China, from the late Qing Dynasty through the New Culture Movement. Through careful examination of a wide range of visual and print media--including historical accounts of the institutionalization of science, pictorial representations of technological innovations, and a number of novels and short stories--Isaacson makes a case for understanding Chinese science fiction as a product of colonial modernity. By situating the genre's emergence in the transnational traffic of ideas and material culture engendered by the presence of colonial powers in China's economic and political centers, Celestial Empires explores the relationship between science fiction and Orientalist discourse. In doing so it offers an innovative approach to the study of both vernacular writing in twentieth-century China and science fiction in a global context. Hardcover is un-jacketed. |