Contemporary Pakistani Speculative Fiction and the Global Imaginary: Democratizing Human Futures

By Shazia Sadaf and Aroosa Kanwal

As the first critical work on emergent Pakistani anglophone speculative fiction it explores the ways in which contemporary Pakistani authors seek a democratization of the speculative genre by incorporating djinn mythology, Quranic eschatology, "Desi" traditions, local folklore, and Islamic feminisms in their narratives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032559519
• ISBN13: 9781032559513
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"