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(4) | 7 | Strange Matings seeks to continue Butler's uncomfortable insights about humanity, and also to instigate new conversations about Butler and her work -- conversations that encourage academic voices to "talk" to the private voices, the poetic voices to answer the analytic.... How did her work affect conceptions of what science fiction is and could be? How did her portrayals of African Americans challenge accepted assumptions and affect others writing in the field? In what ways did her commitment to issues of race and gender express itself? How did this dual commitment affect the emerging field of overtly feminist science fiction? How did it affect the perception of her work? In what ways did Butler inspire other writers and change the "face" of science fiction? How did she "queer" science fiction? In what ways did she inspire us and motivate us take up difficult subjects and tasks? In other words, what is her legacy?… (more) |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (1)▾Book descriptions Strange Matings seeks to continue Butler's uncomfortable insights about humanity, and also to instigate new conversations about Butler and her work -- conversations that encourage academic voices to "talk" to the private voices, the poetic voices to answer the analytic.... How did her work affect conceptions of what science fiction is and could be? How did her portrayals of African Americans challenge accepted assumptions and affect others writing in the field? In what ways did her commitment to issues of race and gender express itself? How did this dual commitment affect the emerging field of overtly feminist science fiction? How did it affect the perception of her work? In what ways did Butler inspire other writers and change the "face" of science fiction? How did she "queer" science fiction? In what ways did she inspire us and motivate us take up difficult subjects and tasks? In other words, what is her legacy? ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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