History and Speculative Fiction

This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in “making the strange familiar” and “making the familiar strange” by taking their readers on journeys through space and time. Excellent history, like excel...

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description This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in “making the strange familiar” and “making the familiar strange” by taking their readers on journeys through space and time. Excellent history, like excellent speculative fiction, should cause readers to reconsider crucial aspects of their society that they normally overlook or lead them to reflect on radically different forms of social organization. Drawing on Gunlög Fur’s postcolonial concept of concurrences, and with contributions that explore diverse examples of speculative fiction and historical encounters using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this volume provides new perspectives on colonialism, ecological destruction, the nature of humanity, and how to envision a better future.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1330042025-03-21T09:44:27Z History and Speculative Fiction Hennessey, John L. Science Fiction speculative fiction historical fiction postcolonialism Literature and Postcolonial Studies alternative realities bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in “making the strange familiar” and “making the familiar strange” by taking their readers on journeys through space and time. Excellent history, like excellent speculative fiction, should cause readers to reconsider crucial aspects of their society that they normally overlook or lead them to reflect on radically different forms of social organization. Drawing on Gunlög Fur’s postcolonial concept of concurrences, and with contributions that explore diverse examples of speculative fiction and historical encounters using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this volume provides new perspectives on colonialism, ecological destruction, the nature of humanity, and how to envision a better future. 2024-01-16T04:07:19Z 2024-01-16T04:07:19Z 2024-01-15T16:45:51Z 2024 book ONIX_20240115_9783031422355_29 OCN: 1415238690 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86908 9783031422355 9783031422348 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/133004 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86908/1/978-3-031-42235-5.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86908/1/978-3-031-42235-5.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-42235-5 10.1007/978-3-031-42235-5 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a Lund University d0e1cd83-8ecb-44a2-bba8-187a50881e77 fee8bb48-8f31-4593-9d04-5ba82b183c7a 9783031422355 9783031422348 Palgrave Macmillan 293 Cham [...] [...] open access
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speculative fiction
historical fiction
postcolonialism
Literature and Postcolonial Studies
alternative realities
bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism
bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies
bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day
History and Speculative Fiction
title History and Speculative Fiction
title_full History and Speculative Fiction
title_fullStr History and Speculative Fiction
title_full_unstemmed History and Speculative Fiction
title_short History and Speculative Fiction
title_sort history and speculative fiction
topic Science Fiction
speculative fiction
historical fiction
postcolonialism
Literature and Postcolonial Studies
alternative realities
bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism
bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies
bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day
topic_facet Science Fiction
speculative fiction
historical fiction
postcolonialism
Literature and Postcolonial Studies
alternative realities
bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism
bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies
bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day
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