From hyperspace to hypertext : masculinity, globalization, and their discontents / Christopher Leslie.
2023
Q175.5
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Title
From hyperspace to hypertext : masculinity, globalization, and their discontents / Christopher Leslie.
Author
Leslie, Christopher, author.
ISBN
9789819920273 (electronic bk.)
9819920272 (electronic bk.)
9789819920266
9819920272 (electronic bk.)
9789819920266
Published
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxii, 514 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-99-2027-3 doi
Call Number
Q175.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.45
Summary
This book illuminates how science fiction studies can support diversity, equity, and inclusion in science and engineering. Shortly before science fiction got its name, a new paradigm connected whiteness and masculinity to the advancement of civilization. In order to show how science fiction authors supported the social construction of these gender and racial norms – and also challenged them – this study analyzes the impact of three major editors and the authors in their orbits: Hugo Gernsback; John W. Campbell, Jr.; and Judith Merril. Supported by a fresh look at archival sources and the author’s experience teaching Science and Technology Studies at universities on three continents, this study demonstrates the interconnections among discourses of imperialism, masculinity, and innovation. Readers gain insights into fighting prejudice, the importance of the community of authors and readers, and ideas about how to challenge racism, sexism, and xenophobia in new creative work. This stimulating book demonstrates how education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can be enhanced by adding the liberal arts, such as historical and literary studies, to create STEAM. Dr Christopher Leslie is an independent scholar who has taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice; New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Universität Potsdam, Germany; and the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou.
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Includes index.
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Table of Contents
Part I. The Gernsback Era
1. Cosmopolitan Gentlemen of Science
2. Planet Smashers of the Second Industrial Revolution
3. Have We Not Had Enough of War?
Part II. The Campbell Era
4. Archaeology of the Future
5. The Editor with One Hundred Hands
6. The Challenges of Inclusion
Part III. The Merril Era
7. Confronting Cold War Masculinity
8. The End of Science Fiction
9. Science Fiction and the University.
1. Cosmopolitan Gentlemen of Science
2. Planet Smashers of the Second Industrial Revolution
3. Have We Not Had Enough of War?
Part II. The Campbell Era
4. Archaeology of the Future
5. The Editor with One Hundred Hands
6. The Challenges of Inclusion
Part III. The Merril Era
7. Confronting Cold War Masculinity
8. The End of Science Fiction
9. Science Fiction and the University.