Gender Identity and Sexuality in Current Fantasy and Science Fiction (eBook)

Hazel Butler, A J Dalton (Autoren)

Francesca T Barbini (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
246 Seiten
Luna Press Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-911143-25-3 (ISBN)

Infos

WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS 2018 - NON-FICTION.2 of the papers have been nominated for the BSFA Awards 2017: Kim Lakin-Smith and Juliet McKenna.JULIET MCKENNAS PAPER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BSFA AWARDS 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NON-FICTION 2018!';Gender identity and sexuality in Current Fantasy and Science Fiction' is the first Call for Papers of Academia Lunare, the non-fiction arm of Luna Press Publishing.The papers explore how society, as reflected in real life, literature, movies, TV, games and cosplay, is currently dealing with gender identity and sexuality in speculative fiction, asking an important question: do we have a problem?Featuring papers from Juliet E McKenna, Kim Lakin-Smith, Cheryl Morgan, A J Dalton, Jyrki Korpua, Hazel Butler, Lorianne Reuser, Anna Milon, Rostislav Kurka and Alina Hadmbu.

Inhalt

"The Myth of Meritocracy and the Reality of the Leaky Pipe and Other Obstacles in Science Fiction & Fantasy" By Juliet E McKenna;"Bikini Armour: women characters, readers and writers in male narratives" By Anna Milon; "Gender-identity and sexuality in current sub-genres of British fantasy literature: do we have a problem?" By A J Dalton;"Tipping the Fantastic: How the Transgender Tipping Point Has Influenced Speculative Fiction" By Cheryl Morgan;"Badass Bisexual Babes: Shameless Titillation or Empowered Characters Embracing Their True Selves and Sexuality?" By Hazel Butler;"Doll Parts: Reflections of the Feminine Grotesque in Frances Hardinge’s Cuckoo Song and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline" By Kim Lakin-Smith;"Subversion, Sex, and Violence: Rape as Narrative Tool in ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’" By Lorianne Reuser;"The Magical Way Forward? - Recent Changes in Gender Representation in ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Card Game" By Rostislav Kůrka;"What about Tauriel? From Divine Mothers to Active Heroines - The female roles in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium and Peter Jackson’s movie adaptations" By Jyrki Korpua;"Newly Added Female Characters to Blockbuster Franchises: Gender Balancing in Otherwise Male-Dominated Fictional Worlds or a Greater Purpose?" By Alina Hadîmbu.

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Gender Diversity in speculative fiction. • Gender Identity in speculative fiction • Sexuality in speculative fiction
• ISBN-10: 1-911143-25-5 / 1911143255
• ISBN-13: 978-1-911143-25-3 / 9781911143253