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Dissemination and Contamination

In this brief chapter I will examine the movement of dissemination - which is the process of grafting - and how we may view this in light of genre; ie what can be termed generic contamination. It should be noted that the process of dissemination is not contingent on the presence of genre and should [...]

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Cyborgs and Posthumans: The Slipstream of Theory

In this chapter, I will examine a change which has occurred in cultural theory within these last twenty or so years; metaphors and concepts from the science fiction genre (sf) has to an increasing extent turned up in order to express occurrences in contemporary culture. Generally, these concepts are used to turn events into facts, [...]

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Dominant culture and sf

If we argue that the Imaginary of dominant culture is always a combination and culmination of appropriated forms and plagiarizings (Halberstam & Livingston, Posthuman Bodies), in other words a form of cultural and social recuperation (Hebdige, The Meaning of Style), then we begin to get an idea of the process of cultural dissemination and the [...]

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The Dissemination of Science Fiction

Borders and Frames
Doctoral course
Tromsø and Sommarøy, 8-13 November 2004
Humanities Faculty, University of Tromsø
This essay is a methodological and theoretical positioning of my research project. I will elaborate on the theories of genre as they pertain to my use of them, specifically dealing with border-crossing generic texts; in this case of the science fiction genre (sf). [...]

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