Women, Science and Fiction: The Frankenstein Inheritance

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1 Introduction: Women, Science and Fiction......Page 12
Applied science and feminist fictions......Page 17
The nearly silent listener......Page 21
2 Herland: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Literature of the Beehive......Page 23
Newbolt man meets his match......Page 35
Romance and the scientific imagination......Page 42
3 Swastika Night: Katharine Burdekin and the Psychology of Scapegoating......Page 53
Woman envy and the fascist identity......Page 61
Analysing the killing male......Page 71
4 ‘No Woman Born’: C.L. Moore’s Dancing Cyborg......Page 76
Monsters and cyborgs in the wor(l)ds of the father......Page 86
Cyborg choreography – the machine makes love......Page 96
5 ‘Short in the Chest’: Margaret St Clair and the Revenge of the Housewife Heroine......Page 101
Brave new words – the (pro)grammatics of gender......Page 106
Inexorable magic and the mechanical bride......Page 113
6 ‘Your Haploid Heart’: James Tiptree Jr and Patterns of Gender......Page 118
The selfish gene and the haploid heart......Page 127
The scientist in the wilderness......Page 132
7 Amazons and Aliens: Feminist Separatism and the Future of Knowledge......Page 139
Developing a woman-centred epistemology......Page 145
Situated knowledges and different voices......Page 162
8 Body of Glass: Marge Piercy and Sex in Cyberspace......Page 169
Cybererotic play and significant øthers......Page 176
Cybercommunities in/of the New World Order......Page 183
Conclusion: the Frankenstein Inheritance......Page 189
Notes......Page 195
Bibliography......Page 222
Index......Page 236