{"product_id":"post-millennial-indian-speculative-fiction-in-e-dawson-varughese-9781350241107","title":"Post-Millennial Indian Speculative Fiction in English: Desi Dystopias and Ideas of Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring expressions of 'Indianness' buried within and scattered across post-millennial Indian speculative fiction in English, this book asks questions around what it means to 'belong' to an India of 'now' and what it might mean to belong to multiple Indias of the (near) future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith dystopia, near-future, apocalyptic Indias and fantastical metropolises all imagined across this body of writing, \u003ci\u003ePost-Millennial Indian Speculative Fiction in English\u003c\/i\u003e traces economic, social and political transformations in post-2000 'New India' across these various narratives. Drawing on established notions of the speculative, Dawson Varughese argues for a recognized, post-millennial canon of Indian speculative writing in English which moves beyond Western-centric frames of reference, centring instead on Indian sensibilities, expressions of belonging \u003ci\u003eto \u003c\/i\u003eIndia and speculative 'Indian' futures.\u003cbr\u003eOrganized around key tropes and characteristics of post-millennial Indian speculative fiction in English to date - urban infrastructures, citizenship, bodies and biotech, future (Indian) histories and climate catastrophes - it takes stock of a range of science fiction, fantasy, near-future and dystopian novels and short stories and offers critical insights into the writings of Samit Basu, Varun Thomas Mathew, Gautam Bhatia, Rimi B. Chatterjee, Prayaag Akbar and Anil Menon, alongside many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePost-millennial Indian Speculative Fiction in English\u003c\/i\u003e examines shifting ideas of what it means to belong to India and conceptions of India as a nation and pulls these ideas together, creating a workable framework of understanding for this nascent field as we move into the third decade of the millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Dawson Varughese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350241105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350241107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"E. Dawson Varughese","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47039865291007,"sku":"9781350241107","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12234a20-8b17-4cb0-8e1b-0bd8a9471eed.jpg?v=1752752807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/post-millennial-indian-speculative-fiction-in-e-dawson-varughese-9781350241107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}