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Decoding Gender in Science Fiction
From "Frankenstein" to futuristic feminist utopias, "Decoding Gender in Science Fiction" examines the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored, and revised conventional notions of sexual difference. Attebery traces a fascinating history of men's and women's writing that covertly or overtly investigates conceptions of gender, suggesting new perspectives on t...more
Paperback, 222 pages
Published
September 20th 2002
by Routledge
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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-read on Science Fiction, the majors at any rate: Heinlen, Asimov, Clarke and Le Guin, a few anthologies of stories from Campbell's Amazing and even precursors such as Edward Bellamy and Mary Shelley. Bu...more
Coming into this I thought I was reasonably well-read on Science Fiction, the majors at any rate: Heinlen, Asimov, Clarke and Le Guin, a few anthologies of stories from Campbell's Amazing and even precursors such as Edward Bellamy and Mary Shelley. Bu...more
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