Alien plots : female subjectivity and the divine in the light of James Tiptree's 'A momentary taste of being' / Inez van der Spek.

By:

Spek, Inez van der, 1958-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 20.Publisher: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000Description: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781846312533
1846312531
9781781380444
1781380449

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alien plots.DDC classification:

813.54 22

LOC classification:

PS3570.I66 M637 2000eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Seed-beds : crossing theology, feminism and science fiction -- Sexual universes -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 1 : the "Choric" fantasy -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 2 : (extra)biblical scenarios -- (Counter) apocalypses -- "A Momentary Taste of Being."

Summary: At the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree. Jr. (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and a female science fiction writer in male disguise.0.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237) and index.

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At the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree. Jr. (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and a female science fiction writer in male disguise.0.

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