On Joanna Russ / edited by Farah Mendlesohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mendlesohn, Farah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russ, Joanna, 1937-2011--Criticism and interpretation.

Russ, Joanna.

Russ, Joanna, 1937-2011.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xi, 285 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Joanna Russ, a feminist writer best known for The Female Man (1975), has produced a fierce, intense body of fiction and essays whose influence has been wide-ranging and complex. Her many publications include How to Suppress Women's Writing (1983), and she has won both of science fiction's most prestigious awards, the Nebula and the Hugo. The essays in this volume examine every aspect of Russ's body of work and provide a critical assessment that is long overdue. The first part of the book," Criticism and Community," gives readers a context for and overview of Russ's works, and includes discussions of Russ's role in the creation of a feminist science fiction tradition. The second part," Fiction," offers detailed analyses of some of Russ's writing. Contributors include: Andrew M. Butler, Brian Charles Clark, Samuel R. Delany, Edward James, Sandra Lindow, Keridwen Luis, Paul March-Russell, Helen Merrick, Dianne Newell, Graham Sleight, Jenéa Tallentire, Jason Vest, Sherryl Vint, Pat Wheeler, Tess Williams, Gary K. Wolfe, and Lisa Yaszek.

Contents:

Section 1 Criricism and Community

Alyx Among the Genres / Gary K. Wolfe Wolfe, Gary K.

Russ of Writing Science Fiction, and Reviewing It / Edward James James, Edward

A History of One's Own: Joanna Russ and the Creation of a Feminist Science Fiction Tradition / Lisa Yaszek Yaszek, Lisa

The Female 'Atlas' of Science Fiction? Russ, feminist and the SF community / Helen Merrick Merrick, Helen

Learning the 'Prophet Business': The Merrill-Russ Intersection / Dianne Newell Newell, Dianne, Jenea Tallentire Tallentire, Jenea

Section 2 Fiction

Joanna Russ's The Two of Them in an Age of Third Wave Feminism / Sherryl Vint Vint, Sherryl

Assassin or Avenger-Vandal or Vigilante? / Anger Alienation Alienation, Anger

Escape Strategies in Joanna Russ's The Two of Them / Pat Wheeler Wheeler, Pat

Les human beans? Alienation, Humanity and Community in Joabba Russ's On Strike Against God / Keridwen Luis Luis, Keridwen

Kittens Who Run With Wolves: Healthy Girl Development in Joanna Russ's Kittatiny / Sandra Lindow Lindow, Sandra

Medusa Laughs: Birds, Thieves, and Other Unruly Women / Andrew M. Butler Butler, Andrew M.

Violent Women, Womanly Violence: Joanna Russ's Femmes Fatales / Jason Vest Vest, Jason

The 'Opposed Aesthetic' in Mina Loy and Joanna Russ / Paul March-Russell March-Russell, Paul

Joanna Russ and D.W. Griffith / Samuel R. Delany Delany, Samuel R.

Extraordinary People / Graham Sleight Sleight, Graham

Castaway: Carnival and Sociobiological Satire in We Who Are About To... / Tess Williams Williams, Tess

The Narrative Topology of Resistance in the Fiction of Joanna Russ / Brian Charles Clark Clark, Brian Charles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-269) and index.

ISBN:

9780819569011

0819569011

9780819569028

081956902X

OCLC:

236351276