Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War by Philip Davies
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Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War
Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War
Summary
Part of a series that aims to situate culture of all kinds in its social, historical and political context, this book discusses the portrayal of violent events such as the Vietnam War, nuclear war and revolutions, and concepts such as sexual and racial equality in science fiction.
Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War Summary
Table of Contents
Science fiction and conflict, Philip John Davies; where no man has gone before - sexual politics and science fiction, Jacqueline Pearson; yellow, black or tentacled - the race question in American science fiction, Edward James; the personal versus the political in Utopian SF, Anthony Easthope; Kozmick Kommie Konflicts - Stanislaw Lem's Solaris - an East Bloc parable, Carl Tighe; science, transformation and the individual in the work of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Chris Pike; violent revolution in American science fiction, Edward James; science fiction and the Vietnam War, Alasdair Spark; nuclear war fiction for young readers, Paul Brians; eternally safe for democracy - the ultimate weapon of American science fiction, H.Bruce Franklin; normative fiction, Martha Bartter.
Additional information
GOR009840825
9780719034510
0719034515
Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War by Philip Davies
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Manchester University Press
19910110
192
N/A
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