Essays about: "Lauri Lahtinen"

Found 1 essay containing the words Lauri Lahtinen.

  1. 1. "Humanity is Unnatural!" Feminisms and Science-Fiction Strategies in Joanna Russ’s The Female Man and The Adventures of Alyx

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lauri Lahtinen; [2018]
    Keywords : Joanna Russ; Science fiction; Feminism; The Female Man; The Adventures of Alyx;

    Abstract : While acknowledging that Russ’s work is problematic in some regards, the aim of this thesis is to counter the criticism of Russ’s oeuvre as outdated and sometimes stuck in second-wave feminist positions, instead demonstrating how Russ’s use of sci-fi strategies such as cyborgism, possible-worlds theory, utopianism, and concretised metaphors in The Female Man and The Adventures of Alyx enables her to move beyond second-wave feminist positions and anticipate third-wave feminism in ways that are still relevant today. . READ MORE