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Gender Questions and Feminist Science Fiction
Lecture no. 18 from the course: How Great Science Fiction Works
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Taught by Professor Gary K. Wolfe | 31 min | Categories: Literature & Language
One stereotype science fiction still hasn't fully shaken off is that it is a predominantly male genre. Originally, the audience was assumed to be male because science fiction often featured similar themes of exploration, war, and domination that characterized the Western genre. This idea was so prevalent that female science fiction writers were often only successful when writing under a male pseud...
24 Lectures
1
Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction
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of 31 min
2
Science Fiction in the 19th Century
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of 31 min
3
Science Fiction Treatments of History
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of 34 min
4
Evolution and Deep Time in Science Fiction
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of 34 min
5
Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares
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of 32 min
6
The Rise of the Science Fiction Pulps
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of 32 min
7
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Stories
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of 33 min
8
The Spaceship As a Science Fiction Icon
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of 32 min
9
The Robot: From Capek to Asimov
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of 32 min
10
The Golden Age of the Science Fiction Novel
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of 31 min
11
From Mars to Arrakis: The Planet
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of 33 min
12
The Science Fiction Wasteland
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13
Invasions, Space Wars, and Xenocide
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14
Religion in Science Fiction
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of 33 min
15
Science Fiction's New Wave
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of 30 min
16
Encounters with the Alien Other
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of 30 min
17
Environmentalism in Science Fiction
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of 33 min
18
Gender Questions and Feminist Science Fiction
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of 31 min
19
Cyberpunk and the 1980s
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of 32 min
20
The 1990s: The New Space Opera
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of 29 min
21
The Artifact as a Science Fiction Icon
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of 29 min
22
Science Fiction's Urban Landscapes
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of 28 min
23
Science Fiction in the 21st Century
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of 30 min
24
The Future of Science Fiction
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