Marleen S. Barr

Marleen Barr
Awards Pilgrim Award, Science Fiction Research Association (1997)
Academic work
Institutions Fordham University, New York City
Main interests Communication and media studies, particularly science fiction studies
Notable ideas Feminist science fiction criticism

Marleen Barr teaches communication and media studies at Fordham University, New York City. She is notable for her significant contributions to science fiction studies, for which she won a Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in 1997.[1] Her primary contributions have been her foundational work in the field of feminist science fiction criticism;[2] her 1981 anthology Future Females: A Critical Anthology "served as an introduction and eye-opener to the field of Feminist Science Fiction."[3]

Selected bibliography

Original criticism

Edited works of criticism

Fiction

Awards

References

  1. The Locus Index to SF Awards, Science Fiction Research Association Awards.
  2. See, e.g., C. Jason Smith & Ximena Gallardo C., "Oy Science Fiction", Reconstruction v.5, n.4 (Fall 2005) ("Marleen S. Barr is a pioneer of feminist science fiction criticism"); Inez van der Spek, Alien Plots, p.42; David Seed, A Companion to Science Fiction, p.52; etc.
  3. Lorie Sauble-Otto, "Review of Barr, Future Females", Rocky Mountain Review (Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association), v.57, n.2 (Fall 2003).
  4. "Science Fiction Scholar Receives Fulbright," Oct. 10, 2006, Fordham In Focus: Faculty and Research.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.