Science Fiction and Cultural Theory: A Reader

Taylor & Francis

Science Fiction and Cultural Theory: A ReaderAuthor(s): Sherryl Vint\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138814981, 978-1138814981\nSynopsis\nScience Fiction and Cultural Theory: A Reader is an essential resource for literature students studying science fiction, science and popular culture, and contemporary theory. This book combines key theories that have become touchstones for work in the field with more recent thinking to showcase how theoretical paradigms central to science fiction such as posthumanism and mediation have become central to critical theory overall in the twenty-first century.\n\nThe book is divided into four parts:\n\nGender, Technology and the Body\nThe Science-Fictionalization of Everyday Life\nMedia, Mediation, Science Fiction\nPosthumanisms\n\nEach part will not only to outline the central critical trends in the study of science fiction across media but will also to show dialogue and exchange .