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Biology and Manners

Essays on the Worlds and Works of Lois McMaster Bujold

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Regina Yung Lee, Una McCormack

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Thisvolume of essays continues the establishment of Lois McMaster Bujold as an importantauthor of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. It argues persuasively thatBujold's corpus spans the distance between two full arcs of US feminism, andhas anticipated or responded to several of its current concerns in ways thatinvite or even require theoretical exploration. The fourteen essays collected here provide wide-ranging scholarly analysesof Bujold’s work and worlds so far, covering not only the science fiction and fantasyseries, but taking into account the wealth of ancillary material inspired byher works, such as fan fiction and role-playing games. Examining the majorseries through a range of perspectives, including feminist readings, queertheory, and disability studies, this volume aims to establish beyond doubt theseriousness of intent behind Bujold’s various artistic projects and provide aset of rich readings of this engaging, experimental, playful, and popularauthor.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-01
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLiverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Antal sidor320
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9781802078374

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Section 1: The Emergence of Bujold StudiesIntroduction: The Emergence of Bujold StudiesRegina Yung Lee and Una McCormackThe History of Scholarship on Lois McMaster Bujold’s Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Feminist Bibliographic EssayRobin Anne ReidSection 2: Bujold’s WomenUntimely Graces: Gender, Failure, and Sainthood in Lois McMaster Bujold’s Paladin of SoulsRegina Yung LeeYou Wish to Have the Curse Reversed? Traditional Narrative Motifs of Gender Reconfigured in Bujold’s Chalion NovelsCaitlin HeringtonIn Quiet Converse: The Intertextual Speaking of Madame Vorsoisson and Miss PriceKatharine WoodsSection 3: Heroes’ JourneysThe Shape of a Hero’s Soul: Exploring the Paradox of Fate and Free Will in The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of SoulsC. Palmer-PatelThe Road and the River: Genre-Neering a Future in The Sharing Knife SeriesSylvia KelsoPain Made Holy: Narratives of Disability and Pain in The Curse of ChalionJoanne WoiakSection 4: Potential Futures and Imagined PastsQueering Barrayar: The Uterine Replicator in Gentleman Jole and the Red QueenJey Saung‘What you need is a liege lord’: Futuristic Feudalism in The Warrior’s ApprenticeSarah LindsayWomb with a View: Ectogenesis in Ethan of Athos and Brave New WorldAlly WolfeSection 5: Holy FamiliesThe Holy Family: Divine Queerness in The Curse of Chalion and The Hallowed HuntRobin Anne ReidThe Bastard Balances All: The Essential Other in Bujold’s Queer TheologyMeg MacDonaldSection 6: Beyond the BooksThe Naismith Stratagem: Authenticity and Adaptation in Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga: Sourcebook and Roleplaying GameJennifer Woodward and Peter WrightCanon Compliance and Creative Analysis in Vorkosigan Saga Fan FictionKristina Busse

Reviews'Biologyand Manners: Essays on the Worlds and Works of Lois McMaster Bujold advancesscholarship on this important author by light-years. This collection coversnearly the entire chronological range of Bujold’s work, and gives equalattention to her Vorkosiverse science fiction and her Chalion and Sharing Knifefantasy worlds. Lee and McCormack have gathered a set of particularly strongessays applying queer theory and theological analysis to Chalion’s five-godpantheon and its interactions with humanity, and the chapters on women andreproduction are equally thought-provoking. Overall, an impressive andessential addition to Bujold studies.'Janet Brennan Croft,editor of Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fictionand Fantasy