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Joanna Russ (Paperback)
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Joanna Russ (Paperback)
Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction
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Loot Price R559
Discovery Miles 5 590
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Experimental, strange, and unabashedly feminist, Joanna Russ's
groundbreaking science fiction grew out of a belief that the genre
was ideal for expressing radical thought. Her essays and criticism,
meanwhile, helped shape the field and still exercise a powerful
influence in both SF and feminist literary studies.Award-winning
author and critic Gwyneth Jones offers a new appraisal of Russ's
work and ideas. After years working in male-dominated SF, Russ
emerged in the late 1960s with Alyx, the uber-capable can-do
heroine at the heart of Picnic on Paradise and other popular
stories and books. Soon, Russ's fearless embrace of gender politics
and life as an out lesbian made her a target for male outrage while
feminist classics like The Female Man and The Two of Them took SF
in innovative new directions. Jones also delves into Russ's
longtime work as a critic of figures as diverse as Lovecraft and
Cather, her foundational place in feminist fandom, important essays
like "Amor Vincit Foeminam," and her career in academia.
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