Demand my writing : Joanna Russ, feminism, science fiction / Jeanne Cortiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cortiel, Jeanne, author.

Series:

Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 18

Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 18 ; v.v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism and literature.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, American.

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

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

Russ, Joanna.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this major study of the work of Joanna Russ, Jeanne Cortiel gives a clear introduction to the major feminist issues relevant to Russ's work and assesses its development. The book will be especially valuable for students of SF and feminist SF, especially in its concern with the function of woman-based intertextuality. Although Cortiel deals principally with Russ's novels, she also examines her short stories, and the focus on critically neglected texts is a particularly valuable feature of the study.

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Agency; Introduction to Part One; 1: The Act of Telling: Who is the Subject of Narrative Action?; 2: Acts of Violence: Representations of Androcide; 3: The Revolutionary Act: A Dialectic of Sex/Gender in The Female Man; Part Two: Sexuality; Introduction to Part Two; 4: Author-izing the Female: Women Loving Women Loving Women; 5: Patterns of Innocence: The Rescue of the Female Child; 6: Lesbian Existence: Impossible Dreams of Exteriority; Part Three: Indeterminacy; Introduction to Part Three

7: Patterns of Experience: Sappho and the Erotics of the Generation Gap8: The Great, Grand Palimpsest of Me: Fragmented Locations and Identities; 9: Vampires, Cyborgs and Disguises: Politics of the Theatrical; Notes; Primary Bibliography; Secondary Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Novels and Short Stories by Joanna Russ

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).

ISBN:

1-78138-051-1

1-84631-293-0

OCLC:

476209429