Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction Thiess Derek J.
Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction Thiess Derek J. Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction examines fantastic representations of sport in science fiction, both cataloguing this almost entirely…
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Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction Thiess Derek J.
Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction examines fantastic representations of sport in science fiction, both cataloguing this almost entirely unexamined literary tradition and arguing that the reason for its neglect reflects a more widespread social suspicion of the athletic body as monstrous. In this latter endeavour it contradicts the image presented by both the most dystopian films such as Deathrace and Rollerball as well as social criticism of sport that limits its focus to an essentially violent masculinity. Combining scholarship of monstrosity with a biopolitically focused philosophy of embodiment, this work plumbs the depths of our abjection of the athletic body and challenges us to reconsider sport as an intersectional space.
Clarke, Steven Barnes, and Joan Slonczewski, exploring the The book traces an alternative tradition of sport sf through authors as diverse as Arthur C.
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