Queer Universes Sexualities In Science Fiction

Author : Wendy Gay Pearson,Veronica Hollinger,Joan Gordon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1846313880

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Queer Universes by Wendy Gay Pearson,Veronica Hollinger,Joan Gordon Pdf

Contestations over the meaning and practice of sexuality have become increasingly central to cultural self-definition and critical debates over issues of identity, citizenship and the definition of humanity itself. In an era when a religious authority can declare lesbians antihuman while some nations legalise same-sex marriage and are becoming increasingly tolerant of a variety of non-normative sexualities, it is hardly surprising that science fiction, in turn, takes up the task of imagining a diverse range of queer and not-so-queer futures. The essays in Queer Universes investigate both contemporary and historical practices of representing sexualities and genders in science fiction literature. Queer Universes opens with Wendy Gay PearsonOCOs award-winning essay on reading sf queerly and goes on to include discussions about OCysextrapolationOCO in New Wave science fiction, OCystray penetrationOCO in William GibsonOCOs cyberpunk fiction, the queering of nature in ecofeminist science fiction, and the radical challenges posed to conventional science fiction in the work of important writers such as Samuel R. Delany, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Joanna Russ. In addition, Queer Universes offers an interview with Nalo Hopkinson and a conversation about queer lives and queer fictions by authors Nicola Griffith and Kelley Eskridge.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1050023290

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Queer Universes: Sexualities in Science Fiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wendy G. Pearson,Veronica Hollinger,Joan Gordon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781846311352

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Queer Universes by Wendy G. Pearson,Veronica Hollinger,Joan Gordon Pdf

Disputes over the meaning and practice of sexuality have become increasingly central to cultural self-definition. It is hardly surprising then that science fiction, the province of new physical and psychological frontiers, has taken up the task of imagining a diverse range of queer and not-so-queer futures. Queer Universes is a landmark investigation into these contemporary and historical representations of gender and sexualities—including Wendy Pearson’s award-winning essay on reading science fiction queerly, as well as essays discussing “sextrapolation” in New Wave science fiction, “stray penetration” in William Gibson’s cyberpunk works, the queering of nature in ecofeminist sci-fi, and the radical challenges posed to conventional science fiction in the work of important writers such as Samuel R. Delaney, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Joanna Russ. In addition, this distinguished volume offers interviews with acclaimed science fiction writers, along with an array of essays from scholars and science fiction giants alike.

Author : Eric Garber,Lyn Paleo
Publisher : Hall Reference Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000153762

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Uranian Worlds by Eric Garber,Lyn Paleo Pdf

This reference has been updated and expanded to include some 100 new listings, and the addition of films and videos. It gives detailed annotations that document the representation of alternative sexuality in novels and stories as well as films; evaluates the writers' overall representation of gay and lesbian issues; and reveals changing popular attitudes toward sexual variance over several centuries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Nick Hubble,Aris Mousoutzanis
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781472538963

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The Science Fiction Handbook by Nick Hubble,Aris Mousoutzanis Pdf

As we move through the 21st century, the importance of science fiction to the study of English Literature is becoming increasingly apparent. The Science Fiction Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the genre and how to study it for students new to the field. In particular, it provides detailed entries on major writers in the SF field who might be encountered on university-level English Literature courses, ranging from H.G. Wells and Philip K. Dick, to Doris Lessing and Geoff Ryman. Other features include an historical timeline, sections on key writers, critics and critical terms, and case studies of both literary and critical works. In the later sections of the book, the changing nature of the science fiction canon and its growing role in relation to the wider categories of English Literature are discussed in depth introducing the reader to the latest critical thinking on the field.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 1563 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Anime and Manga by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lisa Yaszek,Sonja Fritzsche,Keren Omry,Wendy Gay Pearson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000826289

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The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction by Lisa Yaszek,Sonja Fritzsche,Keren Omry,Wendy Gay Pearson Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction is the first large-scale reference work of its kind, critically assessing the relations of gender and genre in science fiction (SF) especially—but not exclusively—as explored in speculative art by women and LGBTQ+ artists across the world. This global volume builds upon the traditions of interdisciplinary inquiry by connecting established topics in gender studies and science fiction studies with emergent ideas from researchers in different media. Taken together, they challenge conventional generic boundaries; provide new ways of approaching familiar texts; recover lost artists and introduce new ones; connect the revival of old, hate-based politics with the increasing visibility of imagined futures for all; and show how SF stories about new kinds of gender relations inspire new models of artistic, technoscientific, and political practice. Their chapters are grouped into five conversations—about the history of gender and genre, theoretical frameworks, subjectivities, medias and transmedialities, and transtemporalities—that are central to discussions of gender and SF in the current moment. A range of both emerging and established names in media, literature, and cultural studies engage with a huge diversity of topics including eco-criticism, animal studies, cyborg and posthumanist theory, masculinity, critical race studies, Indigenous futurisms, Black girlhood, and gaming. This is an essential resource for students and scholars studying gender, sexuality, and/or science fiction.

Author : Eric Carl Link,Gerry Canavan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107052468

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The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction by Eric Carl Link,Gerry Canavan Pdf

This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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LGBT Themes in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Anonim Pdf

Author : M. Elizabeth Ginway
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826501196

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Cyborgs, Sexuality, and the Undead by M. Elizabeth Ginway Pdf

Writers in Brazil and Mexico discovered early on that speculative fiction provides an ideal platform for addressing the complex issues of modernity, yet the study of speculative fictions rarely strays from the United States and England. Cyborgs, Sexuality, and the Undead expands the traditional purview of speculative fiction in all its incarnations (science fiction, fantasy, horror) beyond the traditional Anglo-American context to focus on work produced in Mexico and Brazil across a historical overview from 1870 to the present. The book portrays the effects—and ravages—of modernity in these two nations, addressing its technological, cultural, and social consequences and their implications for the human body. In Cyborgs, Sexuality, and the Undead, M. Elizabeth Ginway examines all these issues from a number of theoretical perspectives, most importantly through the lens of Bolívar Echeverría’s “baroque ethos,” which emphasizes the strategies that subaltern populations may adopt in order to survive and prosper in the face of massive historical and structural disadvantages. Foucault’s concept of biopolitics is developed in discussion with Roberto Esposito’s concept of immunity and Giorgio Agamben’s distinction between “political life” and “bare life.” This book will be of interest to scholars of speculative fiction, as well as Mexicanists and Brazilianists in history, literary studies, and critical theory.

Author : Arthur B. Evans
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780819569554

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The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction by Arthur B. Evans Pdf

The best single-volume anthology of science fiction available—includes online teacher's guide The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online teacher's guide at http://sfanthology.site.wesleyan.edu/ accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting. The stories in this anthology have been selected and introduced by the editors of Science Fiction Studies, the world's most respected journal for the critical study of science fiction.

Author : Bernice M. Murphy
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474411042

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Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction by Bernice M. Murphy Pdf

Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction represents an invaluable starting point for students wishing to familiarise themselves with this exciting and rapidly evolving area of literary studies. It provides an accessible, concise and reliable overview of core critical terminology, key theoretical approaches, and the major genres and sub-genres within popular fiction. Because popular fiction is significantly shaped by commercial forces, the book also provides critical and historical contexts for terminology related to e-books, e-publishing, and self-publishing platforms. By using focusing in particular on post-2000 trends in popular fiction, the book provides a truly up-to-date snapshot of the subject area and its critical contexts.

Author : Douglas A. Vakoch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781000376364

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Ecofeminist Science Fiction by Douglas A. Vakoch Pdf

Ecofeminist Science Fiction: International Perspectives on Gender, Ecology, and Literature provides guidance in navigating some of the most pressing dangers we face today. Science fiction helps us face problems that threaten the very existence of humankind by giving us the emotional distance to see our current situation from afar, separated in our imaginations through time, space, or circumstance. Extrapolating from contemporary science, science fiction allows a critique of modern society, imagining more life-affirming alternatives. In this collection, ecocritics from five continents scrutinize science fiction for insights into the fundamental changes we need to make to survive and thrive as a species. Contributors examine ecofeminist themes in films, such as Avatar, Star Wars, and The Stepford Wives, as well as television series including Doctor Who and Westworld. Other scholars explore an internationally diverse group of both canonical and lesser-known science fiction writers including Oreet Ashery, Iraj Fazel Bakhsheshi, Liu Cixin, Louise Erdrich, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Larissa Lai, Ursula K. Le Guin, Chen Qiufan, Mary Doria Russell, Larissa Sansour, Karen Traviss, and Jeanette Winterson. Ecofeminist Science Fiction explores the origins of human-caused environmental change in the twin oppressions of women and of nature, driven by patriarchal power and ideologies. Female embodiment is examined through diverse natural and artificial forms, and queer ecologies challenge heteronormativity. The links between war and environmental destruction are analyzed, and the capitalist motivations and means for exploiting nature are critiqued through postcolonial perspectives.

Author : Alexis Lothian
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479803439

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Old Futures by Alexis Lothian Pdf

Traverses the history of imagined futures from the 1890s to the 2010s, interweaving speculative visions of gender, race, and sexuality from literature, film, and digital media Old Futures explores the social, political, and cultural forces feminists, queer people, and people of color invoke when they dream up alternative futures as a way to imagine transforming the present. Lothian shows how queer possibilities emerge when we practice the art of speculation: of imagining things otherwise than they are and creating stories from that impulse. Queer theory offers creative ways to think about time, breaking with straight and narrow paths toward the future laid out for the reproductive family, the law-abiding citizen, and the believer in markets. Yet so far it has rarely considered the possibility that, instead of a queer present reshaping the ways we relate to past and future, the futures imagined in the past can lead us to queer the present. Narratives of possible futures provide frameworks through which we understand our present, but the discourse of “the” future has never been a singular one. Imagined futures have often been central to the creation and maintenance of imperial domination and technological modernity; Old Futures offers a counterhistory of works that have sought––with varying degrees of success––to speculate otherwise. Examining speculative texts from the 1890s to the 2010s, from Samuel R. Delany to Sense8, Lothian considers the ways in which early feminist utopias and dystopias, Afrofuturist fiction, and queer science fiction media have insisted that the future can and must deviate from dominant narratives of global annihilation or highly restrictive hopes for redemption. Each chapter chronicles some of the means by which the production and destruction of futures both real and imagined takes place: through eugenics, utopia, empire, fascism, dystopia, race, capitalism, femininity, masculinity, and many kinds of queerness, reproduction, and sex. Gathering stories of and by populations who have been marked as futureless or left out by dominant imaginaries, Lothian offers new insights into what we can learn from efforts to imaginatively redistribute the future.

Author : Eleanor Drage
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000923209

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The Planetary Humanism of European Women’s Science Fiction by Eleanor Drage Pdf

The Planetary Humanism of European Women’s Science Fiction argues that utopian science fiction written by European women has, since the seventeenth century, played an important role in exploring the racial and gender possibilities of the outer limits of the humanist imagination. This book focuses on six works of science fiction from the UK, France, Spain, and Italy: Jennifer Marie Brissett’s Elysium; Nicoletta Vallorani’s Sulla Sabbia di Sur and Il Cuore Finto di DR; Aliette de Bodard’s Xuya Universe series; Elia Barcelo’s Consecuencias Naturales; and Historias del Crazy Bar, a collection of stories by Lola Robles and Maria Concepcion Regueiro. It sets these in conversation with key gender and critical race scholars: Judith Butler, Rosi Braidotti, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Paul Gilroy, and Jack Halberstam. It asserts that a key concern for feminism, anti- racism, and science fiction now is to seek inventive ways of returning to the question of the human in the context of increasing racial and gender divisions. Offering unique access to contemporary and historical women writers who have mobilised the utopian imagination to rethink the human, this book is of use to those conducting research in Gender Studies, Philosophy, History, and Literature.