Overview

Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females: Gender, Temporality—and Yentas, the fourth volume in Marleen S. Barr’s Future Females critical feminist science fiction anthology series, is the first essay collection devoted to Jewish women science fiction writers. The anthology forges new alliances across disciplinary boundaries—feminist theory, science fiction, and Jewish Studies—by forming a scholarly force, consisting of established critical voices and cutting-edge, fresh perspectives. Acknowledging the growing cultural popularity of science fiction, Barr’s goal is to showcase new vistas for exploring gender through Jewish women’s science fiction visions. It is time for Jewish women science fiction writers to receive the focused critical examination they deserve.

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Author:   Marleen S. Barr ,  Jack Dann ,  Marleen S. Barr ,  Daniel J. Brin
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
ISBN:  

9781666928167

ISBN 10:   166692816
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   15 December 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface: In Praise of Judith Merril, Pamela Sargent Introduction: The Invisible Jewish Woman or Closed Legs Finkelstein and Princess Vespa are Fake Jews, Marleen S. Barr Chapter 1: Alien Encounters (of the Jewish Kind), Elana Gomel Chapter 2: Miriam Michelson’s The Superwoman and the Future of Feminist Recovery, Lori Harrison-Kahan Chapter 3: Seeing Judith Merril’s Personal and Professional Maternal I in “That Only a Mother”: An Intuitive Close Encounter, Leigh Gold Chapter 4: On (Not) Saving the World: Joanna Russ' Extra (Ordinary) People, Steven Shaviro Chapter 5: Traumatic Timescapes: Holocaust Memory in Jane Yolen’s The Devil’s Arithmetic and Nava Semel’s And the Rat Laughed, Elyce Rae Helford Chapter 6: Esther Friesner’s Funny, Serious, and Seriously Funny Speculative Fiction, Jennifer Caplan Chapter 7: Gendered Memory/Jewish Biography: Reading Elana Gomel’s “Sea of Salt”, Danielle Gurevitch Chapter 8: Imagining a New Ashkenazi Motherland: Alternate History in Simone Zelitch’s Judenstaat, Lance Strate Chapter 9: Motherhood, Survival, and Post-Humanism in Keren Landsman’s “Alone, in the Dark,” “Burn Alexandra,” and The Heart of the Circle, Erga Heller Chapter 10: Naomi Alderman’s Complaint: The Power Addresses Feminist Science Fiction’s New Human Female Superheroes and Celebrates Women’s Real Bodies, Marleen S. Barr Chapter 11: Space Time Travel: The R/evolutionary Kabbalistics of Natasha Lyonne’s Russian Doll, Adeena Karasick Chapter 12: Nursing on the Teat of Godzilla: David Brin and Daniel Brin Reminisce With Their Childhood Friend Lisa Goldstein, Lisa Goldstein, David Brin, and Daniel Brin Afterword: FINALLY!, Jack Dann About the Editor and Contributors

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Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females: Gender, Temporality-and Yentas is the fourth volume in Marleen S. Barr's unfolding series devoted to 'Future Females.' She situates this term not only in her own groundbreaking writing career, but also in science fiction and feminism as these fields interconnect over time-becoming increasingly relevant to what is reshaping our world. Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females: Gender, Temporality--and Yentas is the fourth volume in Marleen S. Barr's unfolding series devoted to 'Future Females.' She situates this term not only in her own groundbreaking writing career, but also in science fiction and feminism as these fields interconnect over time--becoming increasingly relevant to what is reshaping our world. --Ruth Salvaggio, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Marleen S. Barr taught English at The City University of New York.

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