Science-fiction Studies, Volume 35, Issue 1SFS Publications, 2008 - Science fiction |
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... that could be described , in Baudrillardian terms , as “ simulacral ” or “ hyperreal , ” which , at least in this stage of our analysis , legitimates the agglutination of both dimensions of Dick's work under a single concept . 6.
... that could be described , in Baudrillardian terms , as “ simulacral ” or “ hyperreal , ” which , at least in this stage of our analysis , legitimates the agglutination of both dimensions of Dick's work under a single concept . 6.
Page 71
ABSTRACT It is widely known that Jean Baudrillard , in Simulacres et simulation ( 1981 ) , acknowledges Philip K. Dick as one of the first to reflect , albeit fictionally , on the .concept of “ simulacrum .
ABSTRACT It is widely known that Jean Baudrillard , in Simulacres et simulation ( 1981 ) , acknowledges Philip K. Dick as one of the first to reflect , albeit fictionally , on the .concept of “ simulacrum .
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She uses sf concepts , principally aliens , to destabilize the categories of difference ( male / female , gay / straight , black / white ) : the Oankali have three , not two , sexes , and Butler's romances almost always cross color ...
She uses sf concepts , principally aliens , to destabilize the categories of difference ( male / female , gay / straight , black / white ) : the Oankali have three , not two , sexes , and Butler's romances almost always cross color ...
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