Description
From Frankenstein to futuristic feminist utopias, Decoding Gender in Science Fiction examines the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored, and revised conventional notions of sexual difference. Attebery traces a fascinating history of men's and women's writing that covertly or overtly investigates conceptions of gender, suggesting new perspectives on the genre.
Table of Contents
1. Secret Decoder Ring 2. From Neat Idea to Trope 3. Animating the Inert: Gender and Science in the Pulps 4. Super Men 5. Wonder Women 6. Women Alone, Men Alone 7. Androgyny as Difference 8. "But Aren't Those Just...You Know, Metaphors?" 9. Who Farms the Future?
