Condition: Acceptable. Front cover curling. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:
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Cover art: Based on an image in Dianshizhai huabao, c. January 1897- January 1898
Blurb: “Challenging assumptions about the genre's Western origins, this book traces the development of science fiction in China. Through careful examination of a wide range of visual and print media, Nathaniel Isaacson makes a case for understanding Chinese science fiction as a product of colonial modernity. Celestial Empire explores the relationship between science fiction and Orientalist discourse, and in doing so it offers an innovative approach to the study of both vernacular writing in twentieth-century China and science fiction in a global context.“
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