159 records matched your query
02208aam a22003614i 4500 001 501F0FF4F2B011E79A81643B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180106010252 008 130626s2013 gw 000 0 eng d 020 $a 364390391X 020 $a 9783643903914 035 $a (OCoLC)851828089 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d STF $d COO $d OHX $d NDD $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PR830.S35 $b S496 2013 072 7 $a PR $2 lcco 082 04 $a 823.0876209 $2 23 100 1 $a Seymore, Sarah, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2013019111 245 10 $a Close encounters of the invasive kind : $b imperial history in selected British novels of alien-encounter science fiction after World War II / $c Sarah Seymore. 263 $a 201306 264 1 $a Berlin : $b Lit, $c 2013. 300 $a 290 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Anglistik/Amerikanistik ; $v 35 520 8 $a Before the breakthrough of postcolonial studies, British science-fiction authors already saw the opportunity to discuss political and ethical issues of imperialism by projecting human history and behavior on the alien Other. Case studies of 15 novels of alien-encounter science fiction illuminate the treatment of colonial and postcolonial concepts such as colonialism, neo-colonialism, empire, paternalism, hybridity, mimicry, and science and technology as means of conquest and resistance. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290). 650 0 $a Science fiction, English $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111317 650 0 $a Human-alien encounters in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005004724 650 0 $a Imperialism in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004979 650 0 $a Postcolonialism in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002010213 650 0 $a History in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061253 830 0 $a Anglistik, Amerikanistik ; $v Bd. 35. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97020590 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106040103.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=501F0FF4F2B011E79A81643B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search