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Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965

Autor Eric Leif Davin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 dec 2005
Partners in Wonder revolutionizes our knowledge of women and early science fiction. Contrary to accepted interpretations, women fans and writers were a welcome and influential part of pulp science fiction from the birth of the genre. Davin finds that at least 203 female authors, under their own female names, published over a thousand stories in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1965. This work explores the distinctly different form of science fiction that females produced-one that was both more utopian and more empathetic than that of their male counterparts. Partners in Wonder presents, for the first time, a complete bibliography of every story published by women writers in science fiction magazines from 1926 to 1965 and brief biographies on 133 of these women writers. It is thus the most comprehensive source of information on early women science fiction writers yet available and of great importance to scholars of women's studies, popular culture, and English literature as well as science fiction.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780739112670
ISBN-10: 0739112678
Pagini: 429
Dimensiuni: 163 x 227 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Science Fiction and the Contested Terrain of Popular Culture
Part 3 Part One - Presumption of Prejudice: Science Fiction's Contested Terrain, 1926-1949
Chapter 4 The Genesis of the Mythology
Chapter 5 Present at the Creation
Chapter 6 Weird Sisters
Chapter 7 Female Fandom
Chapter 8 Women Without Names
Chapter 9 The Usual Suspects
Chapter 10 Anecdotes and Antidotes
Chapter 11 Haven in a Heartless World
Chapter 12 Ebony and Ivory
Chapter 13 Femalien Empathy
Chapter 14 Feminist Futures
Chapter 15 History and Mythistory
Part 16 Part Two - The Crest of the First Wave: Science Fiction's Female Counter-Culture, 1950-1960
Chapter 17 Ecce Femina
Chapter 18 Alone Against Tomorrow
Chapter 19 Across the Great Divide
Chapter 20 A Counter-Culture of Tending and Befriending
Part 21 Part Three - Hidden From History:The Ebbing of First Wave Women's Science Fiction, 1961-1965
Chapter 22 Into Time's Abyss
Chapter 23 The Persistence of Myth
Part 24 Appendix I: Bibliography of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926 - 1965
Part 25 Appendix II: Biographies of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926 - 1965

Recenzii

Davin's book should be essential reading for all in order to dispel the myth that there was a bias against women writers before the 1960s. Quite the opposite. Davin proves that the sf magazines were arguably the most liberal and most receptive of all of the pulps and that the sf fraternity welcomed the female contribution to the world.
[This book] is a masterpiece of scholarly fieldwork.
Davin's book is a fascinating and superbly researched look at an area where for too long anecdotal evidence has been accepted in place of facts. It is also a compelling examination of how 'common knowledge' may influence the choices people make, right down to coloring their perceptions of themselvessss