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- 题名/责任者:
- Ecofeminist science fiction : international perspectives on gender, ecology, and literature / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch.
- 出版发行项:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- ISBN:
- 9780367716417
- 载体形态项:
- xx, 211 pages ; 23 cm.
- 附加个人名称:
- Vakoch, Douglas A., editor.
- 论题主题:
- Science fiction-21st century-History and criticism.
- 论题主题:
- Ecofeminism.
- 论题主题:
- Ecocriticism.
- 中图法分类号:
- I106.4
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 摘要附注:
- "Ecofeminist Science Fiction: International Perspectives on Gender, Ecology, and Literature provides guidance in navigating some of the most pressing dangers we face today. Science fiction helps us face problems that threaten the very existence of humankind by giving us the emotional distance to see our current situation from afar, separated in our imaginations through time, space, or circumstance. Extrapolating from contemporary science, science fiction allows a critique of modern society, imagining more life-affirming alternatives. In this collection, ecocritics from five continents scrutinize science fiction for insights into the fundamental changes we need to make to survive and thrive as a species. Contributors examine ecofeminist themes in films such as Avatar, Star Wars, and The Stepford Wives, as well as television series including Dr. Who and Westworld. Other scholars explore an internationally diverse group of both canonical and lesser-known science fiction writers including Oreet Ashery, Iraj Fazel Bakhsheshi, Liu Cixin, Louise Erdrich, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Larissa Lai, Ursula K. Le Guin, Chen Qiufan, Mary Doria Russell, Larissa Sansour, Karen Traviss, and Jeanette Winterson. Ecofeminist Science Fiction explores the origins of human-caused environmental change in the twin oppressions of women and of nature, driven by patriarchal power and ideologies. Female embodiment is examined through diverse natural and artificial forms, and queer ecologies challenge heteronormativity. The links between war and environmental destruction are analyzed, and the capitalist motivations and means for exploiting nature are critiqued through postcolonial perspectives"--
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