Women, Science and Fiction Revisited

Author:   Debra Benita Shaw
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2023
ISBN:  

9783031251702


Pages:   181
Publication Date:   25 March 2023
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Our Price $284.60 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Women, Science and Fiction Revisited


Add your own review!

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Debra Benita Shaw
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2nd ed. 2023
Weight:   0.383kg
ISBN:  

9783031251702


ISBN 10:   3031251709
Pages:   181
Publication Date:   25 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Nearly Silent Listener2. Herland: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Literature of the Beehive3. Swastika Night: Katharine Burdekin and the Psychology of Scapegoating4. ‘No Woman Born’: C. L. Moore’s Dancing Cyborg5. The Left Hand of Darkness: Ursula Le Guin and the Haploid Heart6. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood and the Politics of Choice7. The Power: Naomi Alderman and Archaeologies of Gender8. The City We Became: N. K. Jemisin and Posthuman Urbanism

Reviews

“In Women, Science and Fiction Revisited, Debra Benita Shaw provides a contemporary feminist analysis of women writers of science fiction, in which she explores how these writers re-imagine the role of women through this literary genre. …  Women, Science and Fiction Revisited, is an illuminating new approach to reading such fiction and the realisation that fiction which explores the impact of science on women is 'as vital as ever,' … .” (Caroline Summerfield, The British Society for Literature and Science, bsls.ac.uk, September 21, 2023)


Author Information

Debra Benita Shaw is a Reader in Cultural Theory at the University of East London, UK. She is the author of Technoculture: The Key Concepts (2008) and Posthuman Urbanism: Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space (2018). She is also co-editor (with Maggie Humm) of Radical Space: Exploring Politics and Practice (2016). She has published extensively in the fields of science fiction, gender politics and urban studies.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List