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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