{"product_id":"oy-feminist-planets-a-fake-memoir-paperback","title":"Oy Feminist Planets: A Fake Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarleen S. Barr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marleen S. Barr is known for her pioneering work in feminist science fiction and teaches English at the City University of New York. She has won the Science Fiction Research Association Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction criticism. Barr is the author of \u003ci\u003eAlien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory, Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond, Feminist Fabulation: Space\/Postmodern Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGenre Fission: A New Discourse Practice for Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. Barr has edited many anthologies and co-edited the science fiction issue of \u003ci\u003ePMLA\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the humorous campus novel \u003ci\u003eOy Pioneer!.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarleen S. Barr takes you on another crazy narrative ride. Tighten your seat belts!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Gunn\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRecipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e to such modern classics as \u003ci\u003eCatch-22, Portnoy's Complaint, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e A Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e, the comic novel has long been one of the chief glories of American literature. Barr's novels, and not least her most recent one, constitute a hilarious--and unswervingly feminist--contribution to this great tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussell B. Long Professor of English, Louisiana State University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarr plunges readers into her very own academic specialty, feminist science fiction. And with it hilarious jokes, academic twists, and sex--lots of sex. Barr is an effervescent humorous writer who travels the world aboard a flamboyant imagination. Join her. You'll love the ride!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman N. Holland\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarston-Milbauer, Eminent Scholar Emeritus, University of Florida\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarleen S. Barr mentions Twain but I read her equally in the long tradition of Swift and George Eliot. She produces both criticism and fiction with a \"savage indignation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eD.M. Hassler\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of English, Kent State University and former Editor, EXTRAPOLATION\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53273710231859,"sku":"9780989201865","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/GIOgWgwuNt9780989201865.webp?v=1776891576","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/oy-feminist-planets-a-fake-memoir-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}