Women of Horror and Speculative Fiction in Their Own Words
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Women of Horror and Speculative Fiction in Their Own Words
About This Book
What makes science fiction genres better than others at challenging social conventions, especially gender? Are speculative works structured differently when addressed to traditionally under-portrayed individuals or communities? This collection of interviews elicits truly honest and thought-provoking responses that focus on the biographical dimension in speculative fiction, questions of intersectionality, genre (re)definitions and the politicization of fiction. It gives voice to women of different races, nations, classes and sexual orientations who write and edit speculative fiction – such as Ellen Datlow, Kathe Koja, Angela Mi Young Hur, Eugen Bacon, and Cat Rambo. The interviews clarify how the junction of genre and gender is a key element to understanding this literary field, while simultaneously contextualizing and theorizing the interview itself, as a literary genre and a research tool.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Eugen Bacon
- 2 Francesca Barbini
- 3 J. S. Breukelaar
- 4 V. Castro
- 5 Ellen Datlow
- 6 Gemma Files
- 7 Elizabeth Hand
- 8 Marie Howalt
- 9 Ai Jiang
- 10 Penny Jones
- 11 Margaret Killjoy
- 12 Kathe Koja
- 13 Anya Martin
- 14 Angela Mi Young Hur
- 15 Jane Mondrup
- 16 Lisa Morton
- 17 Malka Older
- 18 Nuzo Onoh
- 19 Cat Rambo
- 20 Tricia Reeks
- 21 Priya Sharma
- 22 Angela Slatter
- 23 Ann VanderMeer
- 24 Kaaron Warren
- Index
- Copyright