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* Feminist SF is a school of criticism, which examines gender-relations and roles as portrayed in SF; | * Feminist SF is a school of criticism, which examines gender-relations and roles as portrayed in SF; | ||
* Feminist SF | * Feminist SF encompassess the literary and cultural study of [[Women in SF]], examining the relation of gender to the literary and cultural production, e.g., | ||
:: 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; | |||
:: the portrayal of women in SF art and literature; | |||
:: the role of women in SF fandom. | |||
Revision as of 03:53, 28 April 2006
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 encompassess the literary and cultural study of Women in SF, examining the relation of gender to the literary and cultural production, e.g.,
- 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;
- the portrayal of women in SF art and literature;
- the role of women in SF fandom.