Bodies that matter: Science fiction, technoculture, and the gendered body
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The possible intersections of recent technocultural and gender theory are considered by focusing particularly on their respective theorizations of the body. The science fiction novels, Justina Robson's Natural History (2003) and Pat Cadigan's Tea from an Empty Cup (1998), reformulate the social and cultural meanings of the gendered body through their representations of sexually indeterminate, identity-shifting, hybrid and radically other bodies.
Publication Name: Science Fiction Studies
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0091-7729
Year: 2006
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From decadence to racial antagonism: M.P.Shiel at the turn of the century
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The Decadent movement of the 1890s influenced M.P.Shiel more lastingly than most of his contemporaries, in part because the tenets of Decadence resonated with his own personal history and racial views. The underlying logic of Decadence to create adventure novels involving race-based conflict is discussed.
Publication Name: Science Fiction Studies
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0091-7729
Year: 2004
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The psychologist who empathized with rats: James Tiptree, Jr. as Alice B. Sheldon, PhD
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Alice Bradley Sheldon's sustained disguise as the male writer James Tiptree, Jr.and her earlier activities in the secret world of Army Air Force Intelligence and the CIA are discussed. The fiction stories written often displayed the influence of her psychological training and interests.
Publication Name: Science Fiction Studies
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0091-7729
Year: 2004
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