Disability in Science Fiction Representations of Technology as Cure
In this groundbreaking collection, twelve international scholars – with backgrounds in disability studies, English and world literature, classics, and history – discuss the representation of dis/ability, medical "cures," technology, and the body in scienc
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Disability in Science Fiction
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Representations of Technology as Cure
Edited by Kathryn Allan
10.1057/9781137343437 - Disability in Science Fiction, Edited by Kathryn Allan
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Disability in Science Fiction
disability in science fiction Copyright © Kathryn Allan 2013. All rights reserved.
Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-34342-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Disability in science fiction: representations of technology as cure / edited by Kathryn Allan. pages cm ISBN 978-1-137-34342-0 (alk. paper) 1. Science fiction—History and criticism. 2. People with disabilities in literature. 3. Technology in literature. 4. Human body in literature. 5. Mind and body in literature. I. Allan, Kathryn, 1979– editor of compilation. PN3433.6.D57 2013 809.3'8762—dc23 2013006429 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: August 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Reading Disability in Science Fiction Kathryn Allan
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Theorizing Disability in Science Fiction 1
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Tools to Help You Think: Intersections between Disability Studies and the Writings of Samuel R. Delany Joanne Woiak and Hioni Karamanos
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Freaks and Extraordinary Bodies: Disability as Generic Marker in John Varley’s “Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo” Ria Cheyne
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The Many Voices of Charlie Gordon: On the Representation of Intellectual Disability in Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon Howard Sklar
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The Metamorphic Body in Science Fiction: From Prosthetic Correction to Utopian Enhancement António Fernando Cascais
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Human Boundaries and Prosthetic Bodies 5
Prosthetic Bodies: The Convergence of Disability, Technology, and Capital in Peter Watts’s Blindsight and Ian McDonald’s River of Gods Net
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