Astrofuturism : Science, Race, and Visions of Utopia in Space /

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Astrofuturism: Science, Race, and Visions of Utopia in Space is the first full-scale analysis of an aesthetic, scientific, and political movement that sought the amelioration of racial difference and social antagonisms through the conquest of space. Drawing on the popular science writing and science...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kilgore, De Witt Douglas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]
Temas:
Life on other planets in literature.
Literature and science > United States.
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
Space and time in literature.
Literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy.
American History.
American Studies.
Cultural Studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Wonderful Dream
  • 1. Knocking on Heaven's Door: David Lasser and the First Conquest of Space
  • 2. An Empire in Space: Europe and America as Science Fact
  • 3. Building a Space Frontier: Robert A. Heinlein and the American Tradition
  • 4. Will There Always Be an England? Arthur C. Clarke's New Eden
  • 5. The Domestication of Space: Gerard K. O'Neill's Suburban Diaspora
  • 6. Ben Bova: Race, Nation, and Renewal on the High Frontier
  • 7. On Mars and Other Heterotopias: A Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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