Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction
by Derek J. Thiess
Title:
Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction
Author:
Derek J. Thiess
Series (if any):
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Liverpool University Press
ISBN-13:
9781786942227
EAN:
9781786942227
Publication Date:
30/04/2019
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
598
Dimensions (mm):
165 x 240 x 13
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£41.06
2 copies in stock
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Description
This book pits the imaginative sports of science fiction against our widespread suspicion of the monstrous athletic body. The biopolitical nature of sport demands we see these bodies as our bodies, capable of the greatest physical feats science fiction can imagine, but also our worst fears of injury and death.
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