Cyberpunk Women Feminism And Science Fiction
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Author | : Carlen Lavigne |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2013-02-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0786466537 |
This analysis of cyberpunk science fiction written between 1981 and 2003 positions women's cyberpunk in the larger cultural discussion of feminist issues. It traces the origins of the genre, reviews the critical reactions and outlines the ways in which women's cyberpunk advances points of view that are specifically feminist. Novels are examined within their cultural contexts; their content is compared to broader controversies within contemporary feminism, and their themes are revealed as reflections of feminist discourse around the turn of the 21st century. Chapters cover topics such as globalization, virtual reality, cyborg culture, environmentalism, religion, motherhood and queer rights. Interviews with feminist cyberpunk authors are provided, revealing both their motivations for writing and their experiences with fans. The study treats feminist cyberpunk as a unique vehicle for examining contemporary women's issues and analyzes feminist science fiction as a complex source of political ideas.
Author | : Carlen Lavigne |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2013-01-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 147660178X |
This analysis of cyberpunk science fiction written between 1981 and 2003 positions women's cyberpunk in the larger cultural discussion of feminist issues. It traces the origins of the genre, reviews the critical reactions and outlines the ways in which women's cyberpunk advances points of view that are specifically feminist. Novels are examined within their cultural contexts; their content is compared to broader controversies within contemporary feminism, and their themes are revealed as reflections of feminist discourse around the turn of the 21st century. Chapters cover topics such as globalization, virtual reality, cyborg culture, environmentalism, religion, motherhood and queer rights. Interviews with feminist cyberpunk authors are provided, revealing both their motivations for writing and their experiences with fans. The study treats feminist cyberpunk as a unique vehicle for examining contemporary women's issues and analyzes feminist science fiction as a complex source of political ideas.
Author | : Mary Flanagan |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2002-05-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780262561501 |
An anthology of feminist cyberfiction and theoretical and critical writings on gender and technoculture. Most writing on cyberculture is dominated by two almost mutually exclusive visions: the heroic image of the male outlaw hacker and the utopian myth of a gender-free cyberworld. Reload offers an alternative picture of cyberspace as a complex and contradictory place where there is oppression as well as liberation. It shows how cyberpunk's revolutionary claims conceal its ultimate conservatism on matters of class, gender, and race. The cyberfeminists writing here view cyberculture as a social experiment with an as-yet-unfulfilled potential to create new identities, relationships, and cultures. The book brings together women's cyberfiction—fiction that explores the relationship between people and virtual technologies—and feminist theoretical and critical investigations of gender and technoculture. From a variety of viewpoints, the writers consider the effects of rapid and profound technological change on culture, in particular both the revolutionary and reactionary effects of cyberculture on women's lives. They also explore the feminist implications of the cyborg, a human-machine hybrid. The writers challenge the conceptual and institutional rifts between high and low culture, which are embedded in the texts and artifacts of cyberculture.
Author | : Carlen Lavigne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Cyberpunk culture |
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Author | : Jenny Wolmark |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780877454472 |
Author | : Justine Larbalestier |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2006-05-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0819566764 |
Women's contributions to science fiction have been lasting and important. This is a collection of 11 key stories, alongside 11 essays that explore the stories' contexts, meanings, and theoretical implications. Organized chronologically, it aims to create a different canon of feminist science fiction and examines the theory that addresses it.
Author | : Valerie Estelle Frankel |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476677662 |
Fourth wave feminism has entered the national conversation and established a highly visible presence in popular media, especially in cutting-edge science fiction and fantasy films and television series. Wonder Woman, the Wasp, and Captain Marvel headline superhero films while Black Panther celebrates nonwestern power. Disney princesses value sisterhood over conventional marriage. This first of two companion volumes addresses cinema, exploring how, since 2012, such films as the Hunger Games trilogy, Mad Max: Fury Road, and recent Star Wars installments have showcased women of action. The true innovation is a product of the Internet age. Though the web has accelerated fan engagement to the point that progressivism and backlash happen simultaneously, new films increasingly emphasize diversity over toxic masculinity. They defy net trolls to provide stunning role models for viewers across the spectrum of age, gender, and nationality.
Author | : Rebecca J. Holden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1999 |
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Author | : Brian Baker |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1137474459 |
This Guide summarises the main critical trends and developments surrounding the popular genre of science fiction. Brian Baker reviews the attempts to formulate a critical history, connects the major developments with the rise of theoretical paradigms such as feminism and postmodernism, and introduces key critical texts and major critics.
Author | : Helen Merrick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781933500331 |
In her cultural history of science fiction feminisms, Dr. Merrick explores the stories told about feminist science fiction by the various communities responsible for creating feminist sf culture, including authors, editors, fans, and scholars from across the disciplines. The Secret Feminist Cabal will appeal to every member of the feminist sf community, to fans and critics interested in the history of the science fiction genre, and to anyone interested in the production of feminist culture, history, and theory.