Aliens: An Anthropology of Science Fiction

How and when does there come to be an "an­thropology of the alien?" This set of essays, written for the eighth J. Lloyd Eaton Confer­ence on Fantasy and Science Fiction, is con­cerned with the significance of that question. " Anthropology] is the science that must desig­nate the alien ifit is to redefine a place for itself in the universe," according to the Introduction.

The idea of the alien is not new. In the Re­naissance,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809313758
• ISBN13: 9780809313754
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"