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Practicing Science Fiction: Critical Essays on Writing, Reading and Teaching the Genre

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Availability:In StockContributor:Karen Hellekson (Editor), Craig B. Jacobsen (Editor), Patrick B. Sharp (Editor)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2010-05-25Pages:226
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786447930ISBN-10:786447931UPC:9780786447930Book Category:Literary Criticism, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Science Fiction & FantasySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC0JJC446H

Drawn from the Science Fiction Research Association conference held in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2008, the essays in this volume address intersections among the reading, writing, and teaching of science fiction. Part 1 studies the teaching of SF, placing analytical and pedagogical research next to each other to reveal how SF can be both an object of study as well as a teaching tool for other disciplines. Part 2 examines SF as a genre of mediation between the sciences and the humanities, using close readings and analyses of the literary-scientific nexus. Part 3 examines SF in the media, using specific television programs, graphic novels, and films as examples of how SF successfully transcends the medium of transmission. Finally, Part 4 features close readings of SF texts by women, including Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Octavia E. Butler.

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786447930ISBN-10:786447931UPC:9780786447930Book Category:Literary Criticism, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Science Fiction & FantasySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC0JJC446H
Karen Hellekson is a freelance copy editor and independent scholar. She is coeditor of the open access journal Transformative Works and Cultures and of the quarterly SFRA Review. She lives in Maine. Craig B. Jacobsen teaches at Mesa Community College in Arizona. He is coeditor of the quarterly SFRA Review. Patrick B. Sharp is an associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles. He has written extensively on science fiction. Lisa Yaszek is associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her most recent work was on galactic suburbia.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

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Karen Hellekson (Editor), Craig B. Jacobsen (Editor), Patrick B. Sharp (Editor)

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