Alterity and Alien Contact in Lao She's Martian Dystopia, Cat Country
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4107808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Raphals (corresponding author), Lisa Raphals Lisa Raphals |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Fiction Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5621/sciefictstud.40.1.0073 |
| OpenAlex | W2323140351 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article considers several contexts for the treatment of the themes of alterity and alien contact in Lao She’s Maocheng ji [Cat Country], a work that straddles cultures and raises important questions for scholars of both science fiction and Chinese literature. It examines how Cat Country fits— or does not—into the history of science fiction and also into the development of twentieth-century Chinese literature. Finally, it compares the treatment of alien contact and alterity in Maocheng ji and Stanley G. Weinbaum’s “A Martian Odyssey.” This content downloaded from 157.55.39.249 on Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:23:37 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms
Alien · Alterity · Art · Astrobiology · Biology · Dystopia · Literature · Mars Exploration Program · Martian · Political science · Politics · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |