Joanna Russ
Experimental, strange, and unabashedly feminist, Joanna Russ's groundbreaking science fiction grew out of a belief that the genre was ideal for expressing radical thought. Her essays and criticism, meanwhile, helped shape the field and still exercise a powerful influence in both SF and feminist...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Urbana, Chicago, Springfield
University of Illinois Press
2019
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Schriftenreihe: | Modern masters of science fiction
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Zusammenfassung: | Experimental, strange, and unabashedly feminist, Joanna Russ's groundbreaking science fiction grew out of a belief that the genre was ideal for expressing radical thought. Her essays and criticism, meanwhile, helped shape the field and still exercise a powerful influence in both SF and feminist literary studies.Award-winning author and critic Gwyneth Jones offers a new appraisal of Russ's work and ideas. After years working in male-dominated SF, Russ emerged in the late 1960s with Alyx, the uber-capable can-do heroine at the heart of Picnic on Paradise and other popular stories and books. Soon, Russ's fearless embrace of gender politics and life as an out lesbian made her a target for male outrage while feminist classics like The Female Man and The Two of Them took SF in innovative new directions. Jones also delves into Russ's longtime work as a critic of figures as diverse as Lovecraft and Cather, her foundational place in feminist fandom, important essays like "Amor Vincit Foeminam," and her career in academia. |
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Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 199-202. - Bibliographie Joanna Russ: Seite 171-180 |
Beschreibung: | 217 Seiten |
ISBN: | 9780252042638 978-0-252-04263-8 9780252084478 978-0-252-08447-8 |