{"product_id":"science-fiction-culture-paperback-softback-9780812215304","title":"Science Fiction Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812215304","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScience Fiction Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCamille Bacon-Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812215304\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 January 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] inside look at this wonderfully strange universe.\"-\u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Complex yet easy-to-read, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to the SF fans who cut their teeth on Azimov's \u003ci\u003eI, Robot\u003c\/i\u003e to the pre-teens picking up their first copy of a book starring Xena, Warrior Princess. Both such readers will enjoy the author's inside look at this wonderfully strange universe.\"-\u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A milestone work that brings sf studies into conversation with cultural studies.\"-\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a century that has taken us from the horse and buggy to the world wide web, science fiction has established itself as the literature to explore the ways in which technology transforms society while its counterpart, genre fantasy, insistently reminds us of the magical transformations of the individual in response to the demands of the social. So it should come as no surprise that the fans and producers of these genres come together to create the culture of the future around the ideal that tales of wonder about the future and the imaginary past can be shared as both symbolic communication and social capital. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, Camille Bacon-Smith explores the science fiction community and its relationships with the industries that sustain it, including the publishing, computer, and hotel\/convention industries, and explores the issue of power in those relationships: Who seems to have it? Who does have it? How do they use it? What are the results of that use? In the process, Bacon-Smith rejects the two major theoretical perspectives on mass culture reception. Consumers are not passive receivers of popular culture produced by the hegemonic ideology machine that is the mass media industry, nor are they rebels valiantly resisting that machine by reading against the grain of the interpretation designed into the products they consume. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBacon-Smith argues that the relationship between consumers of science fiction and producers is much more complex than either of these theories suggests. Using a wide range of theoretical perspectives, she shows that this relationship is based on a series of continuing negotiations across a broad spectrum of cultural interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I. CREATING THE LANDSCAPE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Secret Masters of Fandom\u003cbr\u003e 3 Worldcon: Mobile Geography in Real Time\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Cyberscape: GEnie and the Rise of the Internet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II. NEW GROUPS CHANGE THE FACE OF THE GENRES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Women Were Always Here: The Obligatory History Lesson\u003cbr\u003e 6 Women in Science Fiction: The Backlash and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e 7 Gay and Lesbian Presence in Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003e 8 Youth Culture\u003cbr\u003e 9 Sexual Identity and Fandom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III. IT ALL COMES TOGETHER IN THE FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 From Fan to Pro: Getting Published\u003cbr\u003e 11 Best-Sellers, Short Fiction, and Niches\u003cbr\u003e 12 Laboring in the Fields of Cultural Production\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Bulletin Boards, E-Mail, and Usenet\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52569946587416,"sku":"9780812215304","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/science-fiction-culture-paperback-softback-9780812215304","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}