Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System /

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A fresh approach to the history and shape of science fiction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rieder, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science fiction.
Literary form.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Genres litteraires > Histoire.
SCIENCE FICTION.
Literary form > History.
Science fiction > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: science fiction and the mass cultural genre system
  • On defining science fiction, or not: genre theory, SF, and history
  • The mass cultural genre system
  • Genealogies of SF
  • Philip K. Dick's mass cultural epistemology
  • Communities of interpretation (1): two Hollywood films and the Tiptree Award anthologies
  • Communities of interpretation (2): afrofuturism and indigenous futurism
  • Conclusion: periodizing SF.

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