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Feminist science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction (abbreviated "SF") focused on such feminist themes as: gender inequality, sexuality, race, economics, reproduction, and environment. [1] Feminist SF is political because of its tendency to critique the dominant culture.
The Female Man is a feminist science fiction novel by American writer Joanna Russ.It was originally written in 1970 and first published in 1975 by Bantam Books.Russ was an ardent feminist and challenged sexist views during the 1970s with her novels, short stories, and nonfiction works.
The story is told from the point of view of the matriarchal utopian Zone Three, and is about gender conflict and the breaking down of barriers between the sexes. Lessing called the Canopus in Argos series "space fiction", but The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five is generally referred to as feminist science fiction.
Feminist science fiction novels (58 P) Pages in category "Feminist science fiction" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist.She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny.
To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction is a collection of essays by Joanna Russ, published in 1995. [1] Many of the essays previously appeared as letters, in anthologies, or in journals such as Science Fiction Studies, Extrapolation, and Chrysalis.
In the 1960s and 1970s, feminist science fiction writers shifted from the battle of the sexes to writing more egalitarian stories and stories that sought to make the feminine more visible. Ursula Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness depicts an androgynous society in which a genderless world could be imagined.
Pages in category "Feminist science fiction novels" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.