ENGL-3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ursula K. Le Guin, Feminist Science Fiction, Frederik Pohl
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Winter 2017: sort of a collection of things that wanted to be covered in the course, tie it all together. Essay is due next week but the exam is on april 19th. Next week"s a bit of an oddity, quiz next week. Rise of feminist science fiction in the late (cid:883)9(cid:888)(cid:882)"s. All of the stories are published in the mid (cid:883)9(cid:888)(cid:882)"s, ish. What role sexuality takes in these scientific world. The new wave and the rise of feminist science fiction: no really categorization, the first literary sci- fi. Joanna russ: there are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women: experienced hysteria, continuation of earlier history, callipygian means nice ass. Reducing what it means to be feminine to body parts: everything else is really bizarre that nothing really matters at that point representing women. Ursula k le guin is a good secondary source for your essay. Gender roles and race are pushed by social purposes.
