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9/11Alien plots : female subjectivity and the divine in the light of James Tiptree's 'A momentary taste of being'
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At the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree. Jr. (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and a female science fiction writer in male disguise.0
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237) and index
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Introduction -- Seed-beds : crossing theology, feminism and science fiction -- Sexual universes -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 1 : the "Choric" fantasy -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 2 : (extra)biblical scenarios -- (Counter) apocalypses -- "A Momentary Taste of Being."
At the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree. Jr. (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and a female science fiction writer in male disguise.0
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237) and index
Print version record
Introduction -- Seed-beds : crossing theology, feminism and science fiction -- Sexual universes -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 1 : the "Choric" fantasy -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 2 : (extra)biblical scenarios -- (Counter) apocalypses -- "A Momentary Taste of Being."
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