Gender, Race, and American Science Fiction: Reflections on Fantastic Identities

Author:   Jason Haslam (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138827936


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jason Haslam (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138827936


ISBN 10:   1138827932
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction: ""Kindred Mysteries"": The Fantastic Identities of SF Part I: Race/Gender/Science/Fiction 1. ""The races of mankind"": The Race of Gender in ""The Birth-mark"" and Mizora 2. The Whiteness of Manly Pulp from Tarzan’s Jungle to Buck Rogers’ Phalectrocentrism Part II: Virtual Whiteness 3. The Möbius Strip of Identity and Privilege in Black No More 4. Coded Discourse: Romancing the (Electronic) Shadow in The Matrix Part III: Muting Utopia 5. Bridging Divides in The Santaroga Barrier and All Tomorrow's Parties 6. Octavia Butler’s Exceptional Minds, Collective Identities, and the Moynihan Report Afterword: The Robot’s Howl: Fritz Lang, Allen Ginsberg, and SF as Death Drive"

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Awarded an honorable mention for the 2016 Robert K. Martin Book Prize competition


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Jason Haslam is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Dalhousie University, Canada

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