Marleen Barr

Marleen Barr

Marleen Barr teaches communication and media studies at Fordham University, New York City. She is notable for her significant contributions to science fiction studies, for which she won a Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in 1997. ["The Locus Index to SF Awards", [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/SfraWinsByYear.html Science Fiction Research Association Awards] .] Her primary contributions have been her foundational work in the field of feminist science fiction criticism. [See, e.g., C. Jason Smith & Ximena Gallardo C., "Oy Science Fiction", "Reconstruction" v.5, n.4 (Fall 2005) ("Marleen S. Barr is a pioneer of feminist science fiction criticism"); Inez van der Spek, "Alien Plots", p.42; David Seed, "A Companion to Science Fiction", p.52; etc.]

elected Bibliography

Original Criticism

* "Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory" (1987)
* "Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction" (1992)
* "Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond" (1993)
* "Genre Fission: A New Discourse Practice for Cultural Studies" (2000)

Edited Works of Criticism

* "Future Females: A Critical Anthology" (1981) (editor)
* "Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism" (2000) (editor)
* "Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium" (2003) (editor)
* "Reading Science Fiction" (2008 forthcoming) (co-editor, with James Gunn)

Fiction

* "Oy Pioneer!" (novel; 2003)

Awards

* Fulbright lectureship, University of Dortmund, Germany (2006) [" [http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/october_10_2006/in_focus_faculty_and/science_fiction_scho_24277.asp Science Fiction Scholar Receives Fulbright] ," Oct. 10, 2006, Fordham In Focus: Faculty and Research.]
* Distinguished Scholar grant, Japan (2000)
* Fulbright lectureship, University of Tübingen, Germany (1989-1990)
* Fulbright lectureship to the University of Düsseldorf, Germany (1983-84)
* Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction criticism (1997) Science Fiction Research Association

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