Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond

by Marleen S. Barr

Archaeologists and anthropologists discover other civilizations; science fiction writers invent them. In this collection of her major essays, Marleen Barr argues that feminist science fiction writers contribute to postmodern literary canons with radical alternatives to mainstream patriarchal society. Because feminist science fiction challenges male-centered social imperatives, it has been marginalized and dismissed from the canon--thus, lost in space...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807844217
• ISBN13: 9780807844212
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"