Future Females, the Next Generation ─ New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism

Feminist science fiction pioneer Marleen S. Barr, together with a talented crew of the field's established and emerging theorists, reveal new critical insights inFuture Females, the Next Generation. This groundbreaking collection includes contributors from across the globe who find effective venues for imagining feminist thought experiments. A multinational perspective runs through this innovative volume, focusing on the latest dynamic trends in feminist science fiction, such as race, gender, cyberfeminism, the media, and new writers in the field.

Marleen S. Barr is the author of many books and articles about feminist science fiction, includingFuture Females: A Critical Anthology (The Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1981);Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction (University of Iowa Press, 1992) andLost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond (University of North Carolina Press, 1993). Barr, whose forthcoming book,Genre Seepage: A New Discourse Practice (University of Iowa Press), is the recipient of the 1997 Science Fiction Research Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in Science Fiction Criticism. She is a visiting professor in the Humanities Department at Montclair State University.