Title Frankenstein's daughters : women writing science fiction / Jane Donawerth

Edition First edition Published Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1997

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Description xxvii, 213 pages ; 24 cm Contents 1. Utopian Science in Science Fiction by Women -- 2. Beautiful Alien Monster-Women - BAMs -- 3. Progressing as a Male Narrator -- Epilogue: Virtual Women in Global Science Fiction Summary Donawerth takes a comprehensive look at the field and explores the works of authors such as Mary Shelley, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Anne McCaffrey Women Science fiction authors - past and present - are united by the problems they face in attempting to write in this genre, an overwhelmingly male-dominated field. Science fiction has been defined by male-centered, scientific discourse that describes women as alien "others" rather than rational beings. This perspective has defined the boundaries of science fiction, resulting in women writers being excluded as equal participants in the genre. Frankenstein's Daughters explores the different strategies women have used to negotiate the minefields of their chosen career: they have created a unique utopian science formulated by and for women, with women characters taking center stage and actively confronting oppressors. This type of depiction is a radical departure from the condition where women are relegated to marginal roles within the narratives Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index Subject Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 -- Influence. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein. American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Science fiction, American -- English influences. Science fiction, American -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Science fiction, English -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century. American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Science fiction, American -- English influences. Science fiction, American -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Science fiction, English -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century. Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century. LC no. 96021139 ISBN 0815603959 (paperback: alk. paper) 081562686X (cloth : alk. paper)

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