Examining both men's and women's writing and the question of sexual difference, this text looks at the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored and revised conventional notions of gender.

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Title: Decoding gender in science fiction
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 041593950X
ISBN 13: 9780415939508
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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From Frankenstein to futuristic feminist utopias, Decoding Gender in Science Fiction examines the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored, and revised conventional notions of sexual difference. Attebery traces a fascinating history of men's and women's writing that covertly or overtly investigates conceptions of gender, suggesting new perspectives on the genre.

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Brian Attebery is Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Idaho State University. He is author of Strategies of Fantasy and The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature, and co-editor, with Ursula K. Le Guin, of The Norton Book of Science Fiction.

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