Decoding Gender in Science Fiction
Decoding Gender looks at the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored and revised conventional notions of gender. Although the study draws on feminist insights, it is not exclusively devoted to women writers or the treatment of women characters. Instead it examines both men's and...
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Decoding Gender looks at the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored and revised conventional notions of gender. Although the study draws on feminist insights, it is not exclusively devoted to women writers or the treatment of women characters. Instead it examines both men's and women's writing and the question of sexual difference. Begins with science fiction's origins (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ) and follows to the present day, suggesting new perspectives on the field's best known writers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780415939508 (041593950X)
ASIN: 041593950X
Publish date: September 22nd 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 222
Edition language: English
Though cleverly disguised (and creditably densely written [on the surface anyways]) as a strictly academic text, 'Decoding Gender in Science Fiction' is an accessible and at times slyly comic look at Science Fiction through the lens of gender theory. Coming into this I thought I was reasonably well-...
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