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In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories
Dissertation (MA (English))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/91243 In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories Moonsamy, Nedine Shaw, Micaela Jade Queer African Other Speculative fiction Short story UCTD Dissertation (MA (English))--University of Pretoria, 2023. This dissertation examines the manner in which queer African speculative fiction short stories navigate the other – that which is perceived as not belonging, or being outside of what is considered ―normal‖ – and how this other is represented. By setting their stories in both familiar and unfamiliar settings, and by blending mythological and futuristic elements, African speculative fiction authors imagine a diversity of emancipatory possibilities. Given that speculative fiction explores the limitations of time and manipulates it as necessary, this dissertation explores the different temporalities used in African speculative fiction. In particular, the focus is on utopian, dystopian, and mythological temporal frameworks. This dissertation also explores how each of these frameworks influences the existence and understanding of queerness and its consequences. Additionally, speculative fiction is a genre that successfully engages with both entertainment and social critique. I contend that the stories read here are political in nature; in a homophobic world insisting on the presence of queers in alternative time-space dimensions turns this literary practice into a profound, political act. MA (English) 2023-06-30T15:37:23Z 2023-06-30T15:37:23Z 2023-09 2023 Dissertation * S2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91243 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Queer African Other Speculative fiction Short story UCTD In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories |
| title | In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories |
| title_full | In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories |
| title_fullStr | In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories |
| title_full_unstemmed | In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories |
| title_short | In an other world : representations of the other in queer African speculative short stories |
| title_sort | in an other world representations of the other in queer african speculative short stories |
| topic | Queer African Other Speculative fiction Short story UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91243 |