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Celestial Empire: The Emergence of Chinese Science Fiction
Nathaniel Isaacson
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Description for Celestial Empire: The Emergence of Chinese Science Fiction
Paperback. How colonialism profoundly influenced the emergence of Chinese science fiction Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
407g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9780819576682
SKU
V9780819576682
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About Nathaniel Isaacson
NATHANIEL ISAACSON is an assistant professor of modern Chinese literature at North Carolina State University. A translator and author, his essays on Chinese SF have appeared in Science Fiction Studies, Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures, and Simultaneous Worlds: Global Science Fiction Cinema.
Reviews for Celestial Empire: The Emergence of Chinese Science Fiction
[T]he first substantial English-language study of the beginnings of this genre [Science Fiction] in China.
Will Peyton, Science Fiction Studies
Will Peyton, Science Fiction Studies