The Sociology Of Science Fiction
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Author |
: Brian M. Stableford |
Publisher |
: Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 1987-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780893702656 |
ISBN-13 |
: 089370265X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sociology of Science Fiction by : Brian M. Stableford
Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone. Contents: Introduction; Approaches to the Sociology of Literature; The Analysis of Communicative Functions; The Evolution of Science Fiction as a Publishing Category; The Expectations of the Science Fiction Reader; Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction. Complete with Notes and References, Bibliography, and Index.
Author |
: Andrew Milner |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2020-03-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789621723 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789621720 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science Fiction and Climate Change by : Andrew Milner
This is a timely, comprehensiveand thoroughly researched study of climate fiction from around the world,including novels, short stories, films and other formats. Informed by a sociologicalperspective, it will be an invaluable resource for students and scholarslooking to enter and expand the field of climate fiction studies.
Author |
: Colin Burnett |
Publisher |
: Leamington Books |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2021-06-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781914090226 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1914090225 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Working Class State of Mind by : Colin Burnett
Written entirely in East coast Scots A Working Class State of Mind, the debut book by Colin Burnett, brings the everyday reality and language of life in Scotland to the surface. Colin's fiction takes themes in the social sciences and animates them in vivid ethnographic portrayals of what it means to be working class in Scotland today. Delving into the tragic exploits of Aldo as well as his long time suffering best friends Dougie and Craig, the book follows these and other characters as they make their way in a city more divided along class lines than ever before.
Author |
: Brian M. Stableford |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 758 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780415974608 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0415974607 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science Fact and Science Fiction by : Brian M. Stableford
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Author |
: Mariano Longo |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2016-03-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317135555 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317135555 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fiction and Social Reality by : Mariano Longo
In spite of their differing rhetorics and cognitive strategies, sociology and literature are often concerned with the same objects: social relationships, action, motivation, social constraints and relationships, for example. As such, sociologists have always been fascinated with fictional literature. This book reinvigorates the debate surrounding the utility of fiction as a sociological resource, examining the distinction between the two forms of writing and exploring the views of early sociologists on the suitability of subjecting literary sources to sociological analysis. Engaging with contemporary debates in this field, the author explores the potential sociological use of literary fiction, considering the role of literature as the exemplification of sociological concepts, a non-technical confirmation of theoretical insights, and a form of empirical material used to confirm a set of theoretically oriented assumptions. A fascinating exploration of the means by which the sociological eye can be sharpened by engagement with literary sources, Fiction and Social Reality offers a set of methodological principles according to which literature can be examined sociologically. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and literary studies with interests in research methods and interdisciplinary approaches to scholarly research.
Author |
: David Seed |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 223 |
Release |
: 2013-10-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135953829 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135953821 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Science Fiction and the Cold War by : David Seed
American Science Fiction--in both literature and film--has played a key role in the portrayal of the fears inherent in the Cold War. The end of this era heralds the need for a reassessment of the literary output of the forty-year period since 1945. Working through a series of key texts, American Science Fiction and the Cold War investigates the political inflections put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances. Nuclear holocaust, Russian invasion, and the perceived rise of totalitarianism in American society are key elements in the author's exploration of science fiction narratives that include Fahrenheit 451, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Dr. Strangelove.
Author |
: Andrew Milner |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781846318429 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1846318424 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Locating Science Fiction by : Andrew Milner
A major, groundbreaking intervention into contemporary theoretical debates about SF. It effects a series of vital shifts in SF theory and criticism, away from prescriptively abstract dialectics of cognition and estrangement and towards the empirically grounded understanding of an amalgam of texts, practices and artefacts.
Author |
: Sina Farzin |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 137 |
Release |
: 2021-05-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780271090115 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0271090111 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Under the Literary Microscope by : Sina Farzin
“Science in fiction,” “geek novels,” “lab-lit”—whatever one calls them, a new generation of science novels has opened a space in which the reading public can experience and think about the powers of science to illuminate nature as well as to generate and mitigate social change and risks. Under the Literary Microscope examines the implications of the discourse taking place in and around this creative space. Exploring works by authors as disparate as Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Powers, Ian McEwan, Ann Patchett, Margaret Atwood, and Michael Crichton, these essays address the economization of scientific institutions; ethics, risk, and gender disparity in scientific work; the reshaping of old stereotypes of scientists; science in an evolving sci-fi genre; and reader reception and potential contributions of the novels to public understandings of science. Under the Literary Microscope illuminates the new ways in which fiction has been grappling with scientific issues—from climate change and pandemics to artificial intelligence and genomics—and makes a valuable addition to both contemporary literature and science studies courses. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Anna Auguscik, Jay Clayton, Carol Colatrella, Sonja Fücker, Raymond Haynes, Luz María Hernández Nieto, Emanuel Herold, Karin Hoepker, Anton Kirchhofer, Antje Kley, Natalie Roxburgh, Uwe Schimank, Sherryl Vint, and Peter Weingart.
Author |
: Charles Stross |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 335 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780425256770 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0425256774 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Neptune's Brood by : Charles Stross
After being stalked across the galaxy by an assassin, post-human Krina Alzon-114 journeys to the water-world Shin-Tethys in search of her sister.
Author |
: Mark J. Boone |
Publisher |
: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2016-12-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781498232357 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1498232353 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science Fiction and The Abolition of Man by : Mark J. Boone
The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis's masterpiece in ethics and the philosophy of science, warns of the danger of combining modern moral skepticism with the technological pursuit of human desires. The end result is the final destruction of human nature. From Brave New World to Star Trek, from steampunk to starships, science fiction film has considered from nearly every conceivable angle the same nexus of morality, technology, and humanity of which C. S. Lewis wrote. As a result, science fiction film has unintentionally given us stunning depictions of Lewis's terrifying vision of the future. In Science Fiction Film and the Abolition of Man, scholars of religion, philosophy, literature, and film explore the connections between sci-fi film and the three parts of Lewis's book: how sci-fi portrays "Men without Chests" incapable of responding properly to moral good, how it teaches the Tao or "The Way," and how it portrays "The Abolition of Man."