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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc Congresses |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: BIOLOGY AND MANNERS. [Place of publication not identified] : LIVERPOOL UNIV PRESS, 2020 (OCoLC)1120956529 |
| Named Person: | Lois McMaster Bujold; Lois McMaster Bujold |
| Material Type: | Conference publication, Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Regina Yung Lee; Una McCormack |
| ISBN: | 9781789627534 1789627532 |
| OCLC Number: | 1160193753 |
| Notes: | Proceedings of a one-day conference, Biology and manners: the worlds of Lois McMaster Bujold, held in Cambridge, UK, August 20, 2014. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Contents: | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editions and Abbreviations -- Section 1: The Emergence of Bujold Studies -- Introduction: The Emergence of Bujold Studies -- The History of Scholarship on Lois McMaster Bujold's Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Feminist Bibliographic Essay -- Section 2 : Bujold's Women -- Untimely Graces: Gender, Failure, and Sainthood in Lois McMaster Bujold's Paladin of Souls -- You Wish to Have the Curse Reversed?: Traditional Narrative Motifs of Gender Reconfigured in Bujold's Chalion Novels In Quiet Converse: The Intertextual Speaking of Madame Vorsoisson and Miss Price -- Section 3: Heroes' Journeys -- The Shape of a Hero's Soul: Exploring the Paradox of Fate and Free Will in The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls -- The Road and the River: Genre-Neering a Future in The Sharing Knife Series -- Pain Made Holy: Narratives of Disability and Pain in The Curse of Chalion -- Section 4: Potential Futures and Imagined Pasts -- Queering Barrayar: The Uterine Replicator in Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen 'What you need is a liege lord': Futuristic Feudalism in The Warrior's Apprentice -- Womb with a View: Ectogenesis in Ethan of Athos and Brave New World -- Section 5: Holy Families -- The Holy Family: Divine Queerness in The Curse of Chalion and The Hallowed Hunt -- The Bastard Balances All: The Essential Other in Bujold's Queer Theology -- Section 6: Beyond the Books -- The Naismith Stratagem: Authenticity and Adaptation in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga: Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game -- Canon Compliance and Creative Analysis in Vorkosigan Saga Fan Fiction Appendix 1: Conference Proceedings -- About the Contributors -- Index |
| Series Title: | Liverpool science fiction texts and studies. |
| Other Titles: | Biology & manners |
| Responsibility: | edited by Regina Yung Lee and Una McCormack. |
Abstract:
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.
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'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 Read more...
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- Bujold, Lois McMaster -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.
- Literary studies: from c 1900.
- Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
- History -- Modern -- 20th Century.
- History -- Modern -- 21st Century.
- Literary Criticism -- Feminist.
- Literary Criticism -- American -- General.
- Literary Criticism -- Science Fiction & Fantasy.
- Bujold, Lois McMaster
