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[dreamer_easy]

Next on my reading list is Future Females: the Next Generation, a collection of academic essays on feminist SF. Luckily I've got enough acaspeak under my belt to cope, but just let me do a little rewriting here.

Hence I shall ask: To what extent do Noon's cyberpunk narratives constitute an oppositional critique of hegemonic gender ideologies?

Hence I shall ask: Would Noon's cyberpunk novels challenge most peoples' assumption about gender? If so, how much?

Hence I shall ask: Does Noon's cyberpunk attack dominant ideas about men and women?

Hence I shall ask: Does Noon's cyberpunk critique sexism?

Comments

[ide-cyan.livejournal.com]

That's why I'll ask: how much do Noon's cyberpunk stories criticize gender role institutions.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[gdwessel.livejournal.com]

I have to confess, I've read 3 of Noon's books and, er, never really thought of any of that once.

I guess maybe the best answers would lie in Automated Alice but I could be wrong.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Jeff Noon, author of Vurt, Pollen, Nymphmation, etc.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I hadn't either! Some quite interesting stuff in the essay which I'll summarise shortly.

[jblum.livejournal.com]

There's a completely bonkers piece in there about Clinton and clitorises, which I thought would make a great little essay if they just had the confidence to write like Helen Razor, rather than bury the witty insights in imsofuckingcleverist jargon which kills the jokes stone dead!

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

My eyes fell out when I tried to read that one.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[purplepooka.livejournal.com]

There's some interesting "oppositional critique of hegemonic gender ideologies" (long words are big and clever) in his short story collection "pixel juice". I like Noon - have only read Pollen and Pixel Juice, must read more.
Future Females was on our reading list for the MA, but because I was almost the only one who didn't do Feminist SF for the Utopias & Dystopias module, I never got around to reading it. Overall verdict on worthiness of endeavour?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I'm not impressed by the editor's stuff, but the Noon essay was definitely worthwhile. Other essays I'm going to need to do the background reading before I can tackle them! If you can borrow it, I think it's definitely worth a look. The full cite is:

Barr, Marleen S. (ed). Future females, the next generation : new voices and velocities in feminist science fiction criticism. Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. (Paperback - ISBN 0847691268)

Now I must make a Vurt ikon.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

*applause*

That's some nice bullshit-consolidating there.