Partners in Wonder revolutionizes our knowledge of women and early science fiction. Davin finds that at least 203 female authors published over a thousand stories in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1965. This work explores the distinctly different form of science fiction that females wrote, offers a comprehensive bibliography of these works, and provides biographies of 133 of these women authors.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Science Fiction and the Contested Terrain of Popular Culture
Part 3 Part One - Presumption of Prejudice: Science Fiction's Contested Terrain, 1926-1949
Chapter 4 The Genesis of the Mythology
Chapter 5 Present at the Creation
Chapter 6 Weird Sisters
Chapter 7 Female Fandom
Chapter 8 Women Without Names
Chapter 9 The Usual Suspects
Chapter 10 Anecdotes and Antidotes
Chapter 11 Haven in a Heartless World
Chapter 12 Ebony and Ivory
Chapter 13 Femalien Empathy
Chapter 14 Feminist Futures
Chapter 15 History and Mythistory
Part 16 Part Two - The Crest of the First Wave: Science Fiction's Female Counter-Culture, 1950-1960
Chapter 17 Ecce Femina
Chapter 18 Alone Against Tomorrow
Chapter 19 Across the Great Divide
Chapter 20 A Counter-Culture of Tending and Befriending
Part 21 Part Three - Hidden From History:The Ebbing of First Wave Women's Science Fiction, 1961-1965
Chapter 22 Into Time's Abyss
Chapter 23 The Persistence of Myth
Part 24 Appendix I: Bibliography of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926 - 1965
Part 25 Appendix II: Biographies of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926 - 1965