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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 the genre.
222 pages, Paperback
First published September 20, 2002
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Brian Attebery
33Ìýbooks15ÌýfollowersBrian Attebery is professor of English at Idaho State University and the editor of Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. He edited The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1997) with Ursula K. Le Guin and Karen Joy Fowler and is the author of Stories About Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth (2014) and Decoding Gender in Science Fiction (2002), among other books. In 2019 he was Leverhulme Visiting Professor of Fantasy Literature at the University of Glasgow.
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April 26, 2018
Gut geschrieben und spannend. Kann ich nur weiter empfehlen.
February 4, 2014
If you're looking for some insight into the Science Fiction Genre, this entertaining book will help.
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