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BL
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990033
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b744403
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| Main Entry
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Spek, Inez van der,1958-
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| Title & Author
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Alien plots : : female subjectivity and the divine in the light of James Tiptree's 'A momentary taste of being' /\ Inez van der Spek.
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| Publication Statement
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Liverpool :: Liverpool University Press,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ;; 20
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1 online resource (241 pages)
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| ISBN
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1781380449
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: 1846312531
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: 9781781380444
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: 9781846312533
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0853238146
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0853238243
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9780853238140
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9780853238249
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Seed-beds : crossing theology, feminism and science fiction -- Sexual universes -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 1 : the "Choric" fantasy -- Father in crisis, Mother rises? 2 : (extra)biblical scenarios -- (Counter) apocalypses -- "A Momentary Taste of Being."
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At the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree. Jr. (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and a female science fiction writer in male disguise.0.
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Tiptree, James,1915-1987., Momentary taste of being.
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Extraterrestrial beings in literature.
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Science fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Subjectivity in literature.
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Women in literature.
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Extraterrestrial beings in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Science fiction, American.
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Subjectivity in literature.
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Women in literature.
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A momentary taste of being (Tiptree)
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Feministische theologie.
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Science fiction.
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Subjectiviteit.
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Momentary taste of being (Tiptree, James, Jr.)
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| Dewey Classification
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813.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3570.I66M637 2000eb
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