Foods of the Gods - Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction

Informationen zum Autor George Slusser (Editor) GEORGE SLUSSER is a professor comparative literature and director of the Eaton Program for Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author or editor of nineteen books, including Styles of Creation (Georgia). Gary Westfahl (Editor) > Klappentext The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds, including anthropology, film, and French, Russian, English, and medieval literature. Ranging in their focus from shamans to cannibals, utopias to social Darwinism, muscle magazines to supermarket tabloids, the contributors discuss the theory and practice of science fictional eating. Zusammenfassung The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds, including anthropology, film, and French, Russian, English, and medieval literature. Ranging in their focus from shamans to cannibals, utopias to social Darwinism, muscle magazines to supermarket tabloids, the contributors discuss the theory and practice of science fictional eating.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and, Gary Etc. Slusser Westfahl
• Mitarbeit: etc. (Herausgeber), Eric S. Rabkin (Herausgeber), George Slusser (Herausgeber), Gary Westfahl (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: The University of Georgia Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.1996
• EAN: 9780820317472
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-1747-2
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Ea; Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Ea; Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy