Boundaries, border crossings, and reinventing the future /

"The personal is political, and the political is personal. This collection of essays and an sf tale explores the intersections of representation, science fiction, feminism, social justice, and fandom, specifically in relationship to the feminist sf convention WisCon. Plutchak argues that to bui...

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Main Author: Plutchak, Beth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle, WA : Aqueduct Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Conversation pieces (Aqueduct Press) ; v. 54.
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Summary:"The personal is political, and the political is personal. This collection of essays and an sf tale explores the intersections of representation, science fiction, feminism, social justice, and fandom, specifically in relationship to the feminist sf convention WisCon. Plutchak argues that to build a new future we need new stories, stories that tell us where we have been as well as show us where we are going, and she uses feminist theory to analyze feminist sf fandom's history, present, and future."--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:118 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781619761216
1619761211