Background
Barr, Marleen Sandra was born on March 1, 1953 in New York City. Daughter of George and Roslyn Barr.B.A., State University of New York-Albany, 1974.
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Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy) by Barr, Marleen (1987) Hardcover
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Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy #27) By Barr, Marleen S ( Author ) Hardcover 1987
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Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy #27) Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy #27) by Barr, Marleen S ( Author ) Hardcover Aug- 1987 Hardcover Aug- 14- 1987
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(Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and beyond) Author: Marleen S. Barr published on (May, 2006)
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Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond
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Archaeologists and anthropologists discover other civilizations; science fiction writers invent them. In this collection of her major essays, Marleen Barr argues that feminist science fiction writers contribute to postmodern literary canons with radical alternatives to mainstream patriarchal society. Because feminist science fiction challenges male-centered social imperatives, it has been marginalized and dismissed from the canon--thus, lost in space. Moving beyond feminist science fiction itself, Barr goes on to examine other literary genres from the perspective of 'feminist fabulation'--a term she has coined to encompass science fiction, fantasy, utopian literature, and mainstream literature that critiques patriarchal fictions. Discussing the works of such writers as Margaret Atwood, Joanna Russ, Salman Rushdie, Paul Theroux, Ursula Le Guin, Herman Melville, Saul Bellow, Edgar Allan Poe, and Marge Piercy, Barr illuminates feminist science fiction's connections to other literary traditions and contemporary canons. Her critical analysis yields a new and expanded understanding of feminist creativity.
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Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
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This book offers a first step toward spanning the gap between the writing of male critics of speculative fiction, who do not devote enough attention to the contributions of new female voices to this genre, and feminist critics, who should study a genre that opens all possibilities to women. Although Barr clarifies speculative texts for those who may not be familiar with them, her study is neither a complete survey of speculative fiction nor an introduction to the recent concerns of feminist theory; it applies contemporary feminist theory to contemporary speculative fiction.
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Women and Utopia: Critical Interpretations
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Marleen Sandra Barr
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Education
Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York-Buffalo, 1979. Association Professor of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1979.
Fulbright lectr.Universität Düsseldorf, West. Germany, 1983-1984, Universität Tübingen, Germany, 1989-1990.
National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1980. Recipient Pedagogy award from Women"s Institute for Freedom of the Press, 1982.
Career
Associate professor English Virginia Polytechnic Institute, since 1979. Fulbright lecturer University Düsseldorf, Germany, 1983—1984, University Tübingen, Germany, 1989—1990.
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Works
book
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Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy #27) By Barr, Marleen S ( Author ) Hardcover 1987
(Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist The...)
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Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
( This book offers a first step toward spanning the gap b...)
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Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond
(Archaeologists and anthropologists discover other civiliz...)
- Lost in Space Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond
- Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy) by Barr, Marleen (1987) Hardcover
- (Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and beyond) Author: Marleen S. Barr published on (May, 2006)
- Women and Utopia: Critical Interpretations
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Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy #27) By Barr, Marleen S ( Author ) Hardcover 1987
Membership
Member Modern Language Association, Society Utopian Studies, Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.
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Education
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1974
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1979
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1979
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1983 - 1984
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1989 - 1990