Feminist Science Fiction and Feminist Epistemology

Ritch Calvin is Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies in the Department of Cultural Analysis and Theory at SUNY, Stony Brook, USA. He is the editor of Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity, the co-editor of SF 101: An Introduction to Science Fiction, and has published work in Extrapolation, Femspec, Science Fiction Film and Television, Science Fiction Studies, and Utopian Studies. He served six years on the SFRA Executive Committee and as the SFRA Review’s media reviews editor.

• Endings(s).- Feminist Science Fiction and Feminist Epistemology.- The First Mode of FESF: Epistemology and Plot.- The Second Mode of FESF: Epistemology and Structural Elements.- The Third Mode of FESF: Epistemology and Science.- The Fourth Mode of FESF: Epistemology and Language.- Beginning(s).

“Ritch Calvin’s Feminist Science Fiction is a clear, solidly argued, and original approach to the genre. … The book’s very consistent and clear structure is one of its strengths … . Calvin’s is a fresh reading of a familiar novel.” (Brian Attebery, Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 44, 2017)