The Oxford handbook of science fiction

This title attempts to descry the historical and cultural contours of SF in the wake of technoculture studies. Rather than treating the genre as an isolated aesthetic formation, it examines SF's many lines of cross-pollination with technocultural realities since its inception in the nineteenth...

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Other Authors: Latham, Rob (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2014, 2014
Series:Oxford handbooks of literature / Oxford handbooks of literature
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Collection: Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This title attempts to descry the historical and cultural contours of SF in the wake of technoculture studies. Rather than treating the genre as an isolated aesthetic formation, it examines SF's many lines of cross-pollination with technocultural realities since its inception in the nineteenth century, showing how SF's unique history and subcultural identity has been constructed in ongoing dialogue with popular discourses of science andtechnology
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations
ISBN:9780199984664