Science fiction beyond borders

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Since the turn of the previous century, science fiction and its native tropes have been used by authors, artists, filmmakers and critics in order to challenge boundaries - whether these be conceptual, literary or metaphorical. Uniquely inherent to the genre is its ability to explore, as a form of thought experiment, different ways of crossing and subverting borders previously thought to be inviolable; these transgressions and their effects on popular culture have in turn led to an increased pre…

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Title Statements

Full title :Science fiction beyond borders / edited byShawn Edrei and Danielle Gurevitch.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Place of Publication:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

Notes

"This volume features papers presented at the 2014 and 2015 ScienceFiction Symposia, held at Tel-Aviv University."--Back book cover.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 182 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1443899550, 9781443857598, 1443857599, 9781443899550
oclc:ocn967679528
LC Classification:PN3433.6
Dewey Decimal:809.3/8762

Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Acknowledgements; Contributors

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Boundaries in literature Boundaries in literature -- Congresses Boundaries in motion pictures Boundaries in motion pictures -- Congre… Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc Films de science-fiction -- Congrès. --… Frontières au cinéma -- Congrès Frontières dans la littérature -- Congr… Ressources Internet Science fiction Science fiction -- Congresses. -- Histo… Science fiction films Science fiction films -- Congresses. --…