Science Fiction from Quebec: A Postcolonial Study

by Amy J. Ransom

This first book-length study of French-language science fiction from Canada provides an introduction to the subgenre known as "SFQ" (science fiction from Quebec). In addition, it offers in-depth analyses of SFQ sagas by Jacques Brossard, Esther Rochon, and Elisabeth Vonarburg. It demonstrates how these multivolume narratives of colonization and postcolonial societies exploit themes typical of postcolonial literatures, including the denunciation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078643824X
• ISBN13: 9780786438242
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher