female subjectivity and the divine in the light of James Tiptree's 'A momentary taste of being' /
First Statement of Responsibility
Inez van der Spek.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Liverpool :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Liverpool University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (241 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ;
Volume Designation
20
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Seed-beds : crossing theology, feminism and science fiction -- Sexual universes -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 1 : the "Choric" fantasy -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 2 : (extra)biblical scenarios -- (Counter) apocalypses -- "A Momentary Taste of Being."
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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At the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree. Jr. (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and a female science fiction writer in male disguise.0.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt5p62kt
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Title
Alien plots.
International Standard Book Number
9780853238140
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Tiptree, James,1915-1987., Momentary taste of being.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Momentary taste of being (Tiptree, James, Jr.)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Extraterrestrial beings in literature.
Science fiction, American-- History and criticism.