World class contributors introduce the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding how to read Science Fiction as a genre. Their groundbreaking approach makes teaching Science Fiction and Learning from it a collaborative process, providing an exciting and varied way into this popular field. ÍNDICE: Notes on Contributors - Introduction - Part I: Mapping Science Fiction - Introduction to Part I - Defining Science Fiction Eric S. Rabkin - Whatis Science Fiction - and How it Grew: H. Bruce Franklin - Narrative Strategies in Science Fiction: Brian Stableford - There is No Such Thing as Science Fiction: Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint - Part II: Science Fiction and Popular Culture - Introduction to Part II - Science Fiction Movies: The Fued of Eye and Idea: George Zebrowski - The Feedback Loop: Michael Cassutt - Computers in Science Fiction: Brooks Landon - Cross-Fertilization or Coincidence? Science Fictionand Video games: Orson Scott Card - Part III: Theoretical Approaches to Science Fiction - Introduction to Part III - Gender is a Problem That Can Be Solved: Women's SF and Feminist Theory: Jane Donawerth - Marxism and SF: Carl Freedman - Reading SF with Postcolonial Theory: Matthew Candelaria - Encountering International Science Fiction Through a Latin American Lens: Roberto de Sousa Causo - Part IV: Reading Science Fiction in the Classroom - Introduction to PartIV - Reading Science Fiction as Science Fiction: James Gunn - Reading Joanna Russ in Context: Science, Utopia and Postmodernity: Jeanne Cortiel - Reading Science Fiction's Interdisciplinary Conversation with Science and Technology Studies: Doug Davis and Lisa Yaszek - Part V: Science Fiction and Diverse Disciplines - Introduction to Part V - Neuroscience Fiction Redux: Joseph D. Miller - Physics Through Science Fiction: Gregory Benford - Science Fiction and Biology: Pamela Sargent - Science Fiction and Philosophy: James Gunn - Science Fiction and the Internet: Bruce Sterling - The Reading Science Fiction Blog - Bibliography - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-52718-8
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 07/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés