Biology and manners : essays on the worlds and works of Lois McMaster Bujold / edited by Regina Yung Lee and Una McCormack.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee, Regina Yung, editor.

McCormack, Una, editor.

Series:

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; v.64.

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bujold, Lois McMaster--Criticism and interpretation.

Bujold, Lois McMaster.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 308 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 The Emergence of Bujold Studies

Introduction: The Emergence of Bujold Studies / Una McCormack

The History of Scholarship on Lois McMaster Bujold's Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Feminist Bibliographic Essay / Robin Anne Reid

Section 2 Bujold's Women

Untimely Graces: Gender, Failure, and Sainthood in Lois McMaster Bujold's Paladin of Souls / Regina Yung Lee

You Wish to Have the Curse Reversed? Traditional Narrative Motifs of Gender Reconfigured in Bujold's Chalion Novels / Caitlin Herington

In Quiet Converse: The Intertextual Speaking of Madame Vorsoisson and Miss Price / Katharine Woods

Section 3 Heroes' Journeys

The Shape of a Hero's Soul: Exploring the Paradox of Fate and Free Will in The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls / C. Palmer-Patel

The Road and the River: Genre-Neering a Future in The Sharing Knife Series / Sylvia Kelso

Pain Made Holy: Narratives of Disability and Pain in The Curse of Chalion / Joanne Woiak

Section 4 Potential Futures and Imagined Pasts

Queering Barrayar: The Uterine Replicator in Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen / Jey Saung

`What you need is a liege lord': Futuristic Feudalism in The Warrior's Apprentice / Sarah Lindsay

Womb with a View: Ectogenesis in Ethan of Athos and Brave New World / Ally Wolfe

Section 5 Holy Families

The Holy Family: Divine Queerness in The Curse of Chalion and The Hallowed Hunt / Robin Anne Reid

The Bastard Balances All: The Essential Other in Bujold's Queer Theology / Meg MacDonald

Section 6 Beyond the Books

The Naismith Stratagem: Authenticity and Adaptation in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga: Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game / Peter Wright

Canon Compliance and Creative Analysis in Vorkosigan Saga Fan Fiction / Kristina Busse.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781789621730

1789621739

OCLC:

1173546558