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020			_a9781032250229
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100			_aKuhad, Urvashi _eauthor.
245			_aScience Fiction and indian Women Writers: _bExploring Radical Potentials _cUrvashi Kuhad
260			_aNew York: _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_aviii,178p.
520			_aScience fiction, as a literature of fantasy, goes beyond the mundane to ask the question: what if the world were different from the way it is? It often challenges the real, builds on imagination, places no limits on human capacities, and encourages readers to think outside their social and cultural conditioning. This book presents a systematic study of Indian women’s science fiction. It offers a critical analysis of the works of four female Indian writers of science fiction: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Manjula Padmanabhan, Priya Sarukkai Chabria and Vandana Singh. The author considers not only the evolution of science fiction writing in India, but also discusses the use of innovations and unique themes including science fiction in different Indian languages; the literary, political, and educational activism of the women writers; and eco-feminism and the idea of cloning in writing, to argue that this genre could be viewed as a vibrant representation of freedom of expression and radical literature. This ground-breaking volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of English literature. It will also prove a very useful source for further studies into Indian literature, science and technology studies, women’s and gender studies, comparative literature and cultural studies.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aScience fiction _zIndia
650			_aWomen author _zIndia
650			_aWomen's Literature _zIndia
650			_aRadicalism in literature _zIndia
650			_aGender Studies
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