Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy

Herausgeber: Westfahl, Gary; Slusser, George

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Science fiction occupies a peculiar place in the academic study of literature. For decades, scholars have looked at science fiction with disdain and have criticized it for being inferior to other types of literature. But despite the sentiments of these traditionalists, many works of science fiction engage recognized canonical texts, such as the Odyssey, and many traditionally canonical works contain elements of science fiction. More recently, the canon has been subject to revision, as scholars have deliberately sought to include works that reflect diversity and have participated in the serious study of popular culture. But these attempts to create a more inclusive canon have nonetheless continued to marginalize science fiction. This book examines the treatment of science fiction within the academy. The expert contributors to this volume explore a wide range of topics related to the place of science fiction in literary studies. These include academic attitudes toward science fiction, the role of journals and cultural gatekeepers in canon formation, and the marginalization of specific works and authors by literary critics. In addition, the volume gives special attention to multicultural and feminist concerns. In discussing these topics, the book sheds considerable light on much broader issues related to the politics of literary studies and academic inquiry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780313320644
• ISBN-10: 0313320640
• Artikelnr.: 22140497

Autorenporträt

Gary Westfahl is adjunct professor at the University of La Verne, CA. His previous books include No Cure for the Future (2002), Unearthly Visions (2002), Worlds Enough and Time (2002), Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy (2002), Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture (2000), Space and Beyond (2000), and Cosmic Engineers (1996), all available from Greenwood Press. George Slusser is professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Riverside. He has written several books about science fiction authors and coedited numerous scholarly studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Gary Westfahl Overviews: Science Fiction and the Academy
Literary Gatekeepers and the Fabril Tradition by Tom Shippey Seven Types of
Chopped Liver: My Adventures in the Genre Wars by Frank McConnell The
Things Women Don't Say by Susan Kray Why the Academy Is Afraid of Dragons:
The Suppression of the Marvelous in Theories of the Fantastic by Jonathan
Langford Mechanisms of Canonization The Arthur C. Clarke Award and Its
Reception in Britain by Edward James Popes or Tropes: Defining the Grails
of Science Fiction by Joseph D. Miller Science Fiction Eye and the
Rebellion Against Recursion by Stephen P. Brown Authority, Canons, and
Scholarship: The Role of Academic Journals by Arthur B. Evans Case Studies
in Marginalization Multiculturalism and the Cultural Dynamics of Classic
American Science Fiction by George Slusser Science Fiction in the Academies
of History and Literature; Or, History and the Use of Science Fiction by
Farah Mendlesohn (E)raced Visions: Women of Color and Science Fiction in
the United States by Elyce Rae Helford Hard Magic, Soft Science: The
Marginalization of Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason's Assemblers of
Infinity and Bruce Boston's Stained Glass Rain by Howard V. Hendrix White
Men Can't.:(De)centering Authority and Jacking into Phallic Economies in
William Gibson's Count Zero by Joseph Childers, Townsend Carr, and Regna
Meenk