I am doing a project on linguistic and cultural imperialism in contemporary speculative fiction and I have been trying to find books where such themes are clearly articulated. Needless to say I am struggling to make my final choices, my central novel is Babel by R.F. Kuang where I think linguistic imperialism is clearly presented through translation. I have a selection of possible novels but I do not have enough time to read all of them and determine which fits best (I need 3 or more texts), if anybody is familiar with the books I URAGE YOU to release me from my misery by speaking up. The selection of the texts is based on period (contemporary), postcolonial (including the author perhaps?) And generally its presentation of colonialism /imperialism. The foucus is to be on linguistic imperilaism but only if possible (proving to be a difficult quest) and then cultural imperialism with education, knowledge, history……The texts are:
So Long Been Dreaming edited by Nalo Hopkinson
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season) by N.K. Jemisin
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
Embassytown by China Miéville
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
We Who Will Not Die by Shingai Kagunda
To Kill a Language by Rukman Ragas
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The scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik