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Collision of Realities

Establishing Research on the Fantastic in Europe
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Published/Copyright: 2012
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Even though the fantastic (in its most inclusive definition) has been a part of our culture for as long as it exists, it has not been a prominent feature of European academic interest. With its inherent transgressive moment the fantastic allows for an ideal space of the cultural negotiation of political, social and physical boundaries, which should place it at the center of popular cultural research, not as is the case, at its periphery. But the commencing boom of fantastic themes in contemporary media production has facilitated a paradigmatic change in research, prompting a wide interest in the fantastic in all its forms, from fantasy to horror, from fairy tale to science fiction.

This volume addresses this growing interest by reviewing the status of research on the fantastic in Europe so far and by providing a necessary outlook for the future. In the essays current trends, such as the liminality debate, as well as established discourses, as for example on genre theory, are brought together to show interested researchers a network of interdisciplinary (from literary, media and social studies) approaches towards the fantastic.

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Lars Schmeink and Astrid Böger, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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    Preface

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    LARS SCHMEINK, ASTRID BÖGER and HANS-HARALD MÜLLER
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  • THE FANTASTIC – THEORY AND HISTORY
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    The Art and Science of Heterocosmic Creativity

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    BRIAN STABLEFORD
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    “It’s not what you see – it’s how you see what you see”

    21
    JAN CHRISTOPH MEISTER
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    The Nightmares of Politicians

    29
    RENÉ SCHALLEGGER
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    Fantastic Liminality

    49
    CLEMENS RUTHNER
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  • VISUALIZING THE FANTASTIC IN OUR CULTURE
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    Fantastic Language/Political Reporting

    67
    MARLEEN S. BARR
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    Visualising the Fantastic in Strange Embrace

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    MARKUS OPPOLZER
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    Love your Zombie

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    CHRISTIAN LENZ
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    God Hates Fangs?

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    SIMONE KNEWITZ
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    The Semiotics of Sexual Transformation

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    PAUL BEEHLER
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  • FANTASTIC GENRES: FANTASY
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    Taking a Zebra to Vegas

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    LILY GLASNER
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    “Real adventures weren’t about Hogwarts and Muggles”

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    ANNE KLAUS
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    On Alien Alders

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    JUSTYNA DESZCZ-TRYHUBCZAK and AGATA ZARZYCKA
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    “It’s magical!”

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    KARIN KOKORSKI
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    Story Matters

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    MARGARIDA MCMURRY
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    Grimmerie and Primer

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    WALLACE T. CLEAVES
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  • FANTASTIC GENRES: SCIENCE FICTION
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    The Haunted House of Science Fiction

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    MINWEN HUANG
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    Difference and Resistance in M.T. Anderson’s Feed

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    JACOBO CANADY
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    Disharmony and Dystopia

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    ALLAN WEISS
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    Facing the End of the World

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    ARIANNA CASALI
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    Is the Scientist Still Mad?

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    SARAH HERBE
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    Utopian, Dystopian and Subversive Strategies in Recent German Alternate History Fictions

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    INGO CORNILS
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  • CONFERENCE THEME STORY
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    A Pocketful of Faces

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    PAUL DI FILIPPO
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    Contributors

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eBook published on:
May 29, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9783110276718
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May 18, 2012
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9783110276541
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110276718
eBook ISBN: 9783110276718
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110276541
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Fantasy; Science Fiction
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