• ISBN13: 9788126941742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: October 27, 2025
• Pages: 308
• Original Price: INR 995.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 510 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Popular Culture, Science Fiction & Fantasy, and Media Studies

Dystopian Deliberations: Essays on Dystopian Fictions and Films delves into the world of dystopian fiction, a compelling sub-genre of speculative fiction that explores societies plagued by total surveillance, chaos and psychological manipulation. Drawing inspiration from works like Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, this book highlights the urgent conversation surrounding totalitarianism, the fear of external threats and the dehumanised state of citizens. Divided into two sections, the book features 19 carefully curated essays that span a diverse range of dystopian fictions and films, offering critical insights into how these narratives explore both societal collapse and the possibility of change. Whether you're a research scholar, educator or an interested reader, this book provides a valuable resource for understanding the multifaceted world of dystopian literature and cinema.

Pradip Mondal was awarded the UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in English in 2013. He completed his PhD in 2021 from Visva-Bharati (Santiniketan). Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor of English at Lal Bahadur Shastri Government P. G. College, Halduchaur, Nainital, affiliated with Kumaun University. He has published over 20 articles in UGC-CARE-listed and other peer-reviewed journals and contributed chapters to 7 edited volumes. His poetry has appeared in various anthologies and literary e-journals. Additionally, he has authored Dealing with Dilemma: An Existentialist Study of Select Poems by William Carlos Williams, Robinson Jeffers, and Theodore Roethke (2023).

• Foreword.................................... v
• Acknowledgements................... xvii
• Introduction………..................... xxiii
• SECTION-A
• 1. “As we went back into the tunnel, I saw the mushroom cloud rising in front of us. It stretched up to the sky”: Dystopia and Apocalypse in Raymond ‍Briggs’s When the Wind Blows............. 3
• Dr Neelima Luthra
• 2. Perfidious Paradises: Reformulations of the Shambhala Myth in Three Mid-Twentieth Century Western Fictions.......................... 17
• Dr Ayusman Chakraborty
• 3. The ‍Ramayana: An Exploration of the Elements of Dystopia in Respect to its Treatment of Women................. 35
• Dr Madhumita Bose
• 4. The ‍Disintegrated Panopticon: Dystopian Spaces in Frances Burnett’s A ‍Little Princess and The Secret Garden............. 47
• Kyamalia Bairagya
• 5. A Critical Study of the Dystopian Vision, Gender Oppression, and Narrative Resistance in ‍Margaret ‍Atwood’s The ‍Handmaid’s Tale........................... 57
• Sahabuddin Ahamed
• 6. “What she sees before her is an idea of order coming undone, the world slewing into a dark and foreign sea”: A Study of ‍Eilish Stack in ‍Lynch’s ‍Prophet Song............... 71
• Sayak Moitra
• 7. Echoes of Tomorrow: Exploring the Parallels between Futuristic Technology in ‍Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and Do ‍Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and the Contemporary World......................... 83
• Rumman Siddiqua Choudhury
• 8. “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation”: Evaluating the Cyberpunk Culture in ‍William ‍Gibson’s Neuromancer.......... 99
• Dr Sonali Mahanta
• 9. ‍Articulating Ecological Dystopia in Amitav Ghosh’s The Living Mountain: A ‍Fable for Our Times..................... 113
• Sima Kalita
• 10. From Fiction to Forecast: Examining Eco-Dystopia in ‍Octavia ‍Butler’s ‍Parable of the Sower................................ 123
• Divankar Singh
• 11. “White people here! Didn’t you tell us many times how they live there ... Now you tell me nowhere”: Exploring the Post-Apartheid Dystopia in ‍Nadine ‍Gordimer’s ‍July’s People.............. 135
• Debashree Dey
• 12. Navigating Dystopian Manifestations within Utopian Visions: An Examination of ‍Ursula ‍Le ‍Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from ‍Omelas...... 147
• Ayushi
• SECTION-B
• 13. Many Men, but No Women: ‍Matrubhoomi’s Demo-Dystopian Take on a ‍Deteriorating Sex Ratio in India......................... 159
• Dr Karuna Sharma and Aditi Uniyal
• 14. Unveiling the Dystopia: Exploring the Socio-Economic Landscape in ‍Rahi Anil Barve’s ‍Tumbbad.......................... 173
• Rochak Saxena
• 15. Surrealism and Symbolism in Cinematic Nightmares: A Study of ‍Pan’s Labyrinth, Mulholland Drive, and The ‍Holy Mountain......................... 189
• Dr Hirenkumar Dineshbhai Patel
• 16. Gender Imbalance and Societal Degeneration: ‍Analysing Dystopian Realities in ‍Manish Jha’s ‍Matrubhoomi: A Nation without Women............................. 203
• Dr Vikas Rajpopat
• 17. Tête-à-tête with Her: Unveiling Dystopian Motifs in ‍Spike ‍Jonze’s Movie Her...................... 215
• Soumyadeb Roy
• 18. Scrutinising Motherhood: An In-depth Study of ‍Jassamine Chan’s The ‍School for Good Mothers and Aashima Chibber’s Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway................................ 229
• Aryaputri Sthitapragyan
• 19. The Paralysed Population: Portrayal of Female Precariousness in ‍Matrubhoomi: A Nation without Women and Karuththamma.................... 241
• Dr Monalisa Chakrabarty
• List of Contributors............................ 253
• Index............................................ 259