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The paper traces the emergence of science fiction in Bengal and locates it within the framework of colonial science.
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Why is it important?
The article delves into the various discourses of technology that British colonialism in India introduced, which in turn, produced a counter discourse by Indian writers that challenged hegemonic form of science and technology that the colonial discourse produced.
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The intersections between technological developments within the colonial domain and the specific responses by Indians within this domain can be seen at the foundations for the emergence of science fiction in 19th century in India.
Dr Preet Hiradhar
Lingnan University
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This page is a summary of: Own Maps/Imagined Terrain, Extrapolation, January 2014, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/extr.2014.16.
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