Feminist SF: Difference between revisions

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Feminism and SF are both broadly defined, but feminist sf is its own beast. Consider these definitions:

Feminist SF is work that qualifies as feminist by the standards of various feminisms;

Feminist SF is the set of historical works considered by feminists to be central to an ongoing literary conversation;

Feminist SF was a particular feminist literary movement of the 70s and early 80s;

Feminist SF is a school of criticism, which examines gender-relations and roles as portrayed in SF;

Feminist SF is literary and culture studies, which examine the relation of gender to the literary and cultural production — for instance, women's involvement in gothic romances and supernatural fiction, or the marketing and production of "hard" science fiction for male audiences versus the marketing and production of "soft" fantasy fiction for female audiences.

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-We could try, here, to write an encyclopedia-entry style of definition. It should include several different answers:
+Feminism and SF are both broadly defined, but feminist sf is its own beast.  Consider these definitions:
--  Feminist sf is work that qualifies as feminist by the standards of judgement of various feminisms.  (What are those standards?)
+* Feminist SF is work that qualifies as feminist by the standards of various [[feminisms]];
-- There is a historical feminist sf of works that have been considered by feminists to be central to an ongoing literary conversation
+* Feminist SF is the set of historical works considered by feminists to be central to an ongoing literary conversation;
-- Feminist sf as a particular feminist literary movement of the 70s and early 80s
+* Feminist SF was a particular feminist literary movement of the 70s and early 80s;
-- If we look at what has been considered SF and what has not in the 19th century, the genre could stand some redefining.  Gothic romance and the supernatural should at least be included in definitions of "speculative fiction".
+* Feminist SF is a school of criticism, which examines gender-relations and roles as portrayed in SF;
+* Feminist SF is literary and culture studies, which examine the relation of gender to the literary and cultural production &mdash; for instance, women's involvement in gothic romances and supernatural fiction, or the marketing and production of "hard" science fiction for male audiences versus the marketing and production of "soft" fantasy fiction for female audiences.

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