The anthropocene unconscious of African second contact narratives: District 9, Rosewater, Lagoon

Bould, Mark

Abstract

This chapter examines the ways in which anthropogenic climate destabilisation registers in three recent Africa sf texts which are not ostensibly concerned with climate change, but with postcolonial 'second contact' situations in which 'first contact' with imperial powers is reworked by the arrival of alien invaders or interlopers.

Citation

Bould, M. The anthropocene unconscious of African second contact narratives: District 9, Rosewater, Lagoon. In K. Lebek (Ed.), Fantastic Materials: Things and the Non-RealRoutledge. Manuscript submitted for publication

• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Fantastic Materials: Things and the Non-Real
• Keywords: anthropocene unconscious, sf, second contact, postcolony, alien invasion