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 s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kilgore, De Witt Douglas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
Literature and science > United States.
Life on other planets in literature.
Space and time in literature.
Astronautics in literature.
Utopias in literature.
Future, The, in literature.
Race in literature.
Littérature et sciences > États-Unis.
Vie extraterrestre dans la littérature.
Astronautique dans la littérature.
Utopies dans la littérature.
Futur dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
utopian literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Astronautics in literature
Future, The, in literature
Life on other planets in literature
Literature and science
Race in literature
Science fiction, American
Space and time in literature
Utopias in literature
Science-Fiction
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the wonderful dream
  • Knocking on heaven's door: David Lasser and the first conquest of space
  • An empire in space: Europe and America as science fact
  • Building a space frontier: Robert A. Heinlein and the American tradition
  • Will there always be an England? Arthur C. Clarke's new Eden
  • The domestication of space: Gerard K. O'Neill's suburban diaspora
  • Ben Bova: race, nation, and renewal on the high frontier
  • On Mars and other heterotopias: a conclusion.

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