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The influence of imagination : essays on science fiction and fantasy as agents of social change / edited by Lee Easton and Randy Schroeder.
Van Pelt Library PS374.S35 I44 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, American--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Science fiction, American.
- Science fiction, English--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Science fiction, English.
- Commonwealth fiction (English)--History and criticism.
- Commonwealth fiction (English).
- Literature and society--English-speaking countries--History--20th century.
- Literature and society.
- History.
- English-speaking countries.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co, [2008]
- Summary:
- "This collection of qualitative essays explores the potential connections between speculative narrative in fictional works and actual social change. Through a variety of approaches and methodologies, the contributors explore whether consumers of science fiction and fantasy narratives can experience a real shift in their worldviews or ideologies as a result of that consumption"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface: From Future Visions to Critical Singularities 1
- Introduction: Polarities at the Singularity / Randy Schroeder 5
- 1 The Continuum of Meaning: A Reflection on Speculative Fiction and Society / Marie Jakober 27
- 2 Peter Jackson and the Deforestation of Middle Earth / David Hyttenrauch 32
- 3 Seeking Stories: Possible Worlds Semantics in Greer Ilene Gilman's Moonwise / Christine Mains 44
- 4 "Dancing on the Edge of the World": California and Utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home / Ken Simpson 55
- 5 Passing Genes in GATTACA, or, Straight Genes for the Queer Guy / Lee Easton 70
- 6 The Changing Role of Women in Science Fiction: Weird Tales, 1925-1940 / Mary Hemmings 83
- 7 Storytelling and Folktales: A Graphic Exploration / Gail de Vos 92
- 8 The Graphic Novel as New Testament: On Narrative Progress, Cultural Change and the Heroic Story / Richard Harrison 99
- 9 Science Fiction, Religion, and Social Change / Steven Engler 108
- 10 Science and Science Fiction / Todd C. Nickle 118
- 11 Olaf Stapledon's Americanized Planet / Robert Boschman 125
- 12 Nalo Hopkinson's Colonial and Dystopic Worlds in Midnight Robber / Ruby S. Ramraj 131
- 13 "Wartime Inventions with Peaceful Intentions": Television and the Media Cyborg in C.L. Moore's No Woman Born / Linda Howell 139
- 14 The Fantasy of Gender/Sex: Angela Carter and Mythmaking / Darlene M. Juschka 160
- 15 In the Spirit of Process: A Braiding Together of New Utopianism, Gilles Deleuze, and Anne Carson / Jacqueline Plante 174
- 16 Dystopia in a New Land / Karyn Huenemann 183
- 17 Surfing the Singularity: Science Fiction and the Future of Narrative Media / Brian Greenspan 202.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786432301
- 0786432306
- OCLC:
- 173367402
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