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Partners in wonder : women and the birth of science fiction, 1926-1965
- Title
- Partners in wonder : women and the birth of science fiction, 1926-1965 / Eric Leif Davin.
- Author
- Davin, Eric Leif
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2006]
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 431 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Partners in Wonder presents, for the first time, a complete bibliography of every story published by women in science fiction magazines from 1926 to 1965 and brief biographies on 133 of these women writers. It is thus the most comprehensive source of information on early science fiction writers available and will be of great importance to scholars of women's studies, popular culture, and English literature, as well as science fiction."--Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- Women and the birth of science fiction, 1926-1965
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Science fiction, American > History and criticism
- Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
- American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- American fiction > History and criticism
- American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- American literature > Women authors
- American fiction
- American fiction > Women authors
- Science fiction, American
- Women and literature
- Litteraturvetenskap > science fiction
- Författare > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet
- Science fiction > kvinnliga författare > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-367) and index.
- Contents
- Science fiction and the contested terrain of popular culture -- I: Presumption of prejudice; Science fiction's contested terrain, 1926-1949 -- The genesis of the mythology -- Present at the creation -- Weird sisters -- Female fandom -- Women without names -- The usual suspects -- Anecdotes and antidotes -- Haven in a heartless world -- Ebony and ivory -- Femalien empathy -- Feminist futures -- History and mythistory -- II: The crest of the first wave' Science fiction's female counter-culture, 1950-1960 -- Ecce femina -- Alone against tomorrow -- Across the great divide -- A counter-culture of tending and befriending -- III: Hidden from history; The ebbing of first wave women's science fiction, 1961-1965 -- Into time's abyss -- The persistence of myth.
- ISBN
- 073911266X
- 9780739112663
- 0739112678
- 9780739112670
- LCCN
- 2005021913
- OCLC
- ocm61228637
- 61228637
- SCSB-1381298
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library