Daughters of earth feminist science fiction in the twentieth century /
"Women's contributions to science fiction over the past century have been lasting and important, but critical work in the field has only just begun to explore its full range. Justine Larbalestier has collected 11 key stories - many of them not easily found, and all of them powerful and pro...
| Other Authors: | Larbalestier, Justine. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Middletown, Conn. :
Wesleyan University Press,
[2006]
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| Physical Description: |
xix, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Summary: |
"Women's contributions to science fiction over the past century have been lasting and important, but critical work in the field has only just begun to explore its full range. Justine Larbalestier has collected 11 key stories - many of them not easily found, and all of them powerful and provocative - and sets them alongside 11 new essays, written by top scholars and critics, that explore the stories' contexts, meanings, and theoretical implications. The resulting dialogue is one of enormous significance to critical scholarship in science fiction, and to understanding the role of feminism in its development. Organized chronologically, this anthology creates a new canon of feminist science fiction and examines the theory that addresses it. Daughters of Earth is an ideal overview for students and general readers."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-394). "The fate of the Poseidonia" / Clare Winger Harris, 1927 -- Illicit reproduction : Clare Winger Harris's "The fate of the Poseidonia" / Jane Donawerth -- "The conquest of Gola" / Leslie F. Stone, 1931 -- The conquest of Gernsback : Leslie F. Stone and the subversion of science fiction tropes / Brian Attebery -- "Created he them" / Alice Eleanor Jones, 1955 -- From Ladies' home journal to The magazine of fantasy and science fiction : 1950s SF, the offbeat romance story, and the case of Alice Eleanor Jones / Lisa Yaszek -- "No light in the window" / Kate Wilhelm, 1963 -- Cold War masculinity in the early work of Kate Wilhelm / Josh Lukin -- "The heat death of the universe" / Pamela Zoline, 1967 -- A space of her own : Pamela Zoline's "The heat death of the universe" / Mary E. Papke -- "And I awoke and found me here on the cold hill side" / James Tiptree Jr., 1972 -- (Re)reading James Tiptree Jr.'s "And I awoke and found me here on the cold hill side" / Wendy Pearson -- "Wives" / Lisa Tuttle, 1976 -- The universal wife : exploring 1970s feminism with Lisa Tuttle's "Wives" / Cathy Hawkins -- "Rachel in love" / Pat Murphy, 1987 -- Simians, cyborgs, and women in "Rachel in love" / Joan Haran -- "The evening and the morning and the night" / Octavia E. Butler, 1987 -- Octavia Butler : praise song to a prophetic artist / Andrea Hairston -- "Balinese dancer" / Gwyneth Jones, 1997 -- "Prefutural tension" : Gwyneth Jones's gradual apocalypse / Veronica Hollinger -- "What I didn't see" / Karen Joy Fowler, 2002 -- Something rich and strange : Karen Joy Fowler's "What I didn't see" / L. Timmel Duchamp. "Women's contributions to science fiction over the past century have been lasting and important, but critical work in the field has only just begun to explore its full range. Justine Larbalestier has collected 11 key stories - many of them not easily found, and all of them powerful and provocative - and sets them alongside 11 new essays, written by top scholars and critics, that explore the stories' contexts, meanings, and theoretical implications. The resulting dialogue is one of enormous significance to critical scholarship in science fiction, and to understanding the role of feminism in its development. Organized chronologically, this anthology creates a new canon of feminist science fiction and examines the theory that addresses it. Daughters of Earth is an ideal overview for students and general readers."--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: |
xix, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-394). |
| ISBN: |
0819566756 9780819566751 0819566764 9780819566768 |