I teach a course called "Cyberworlds" to unsophisticated students. It is
essentially a course in cyberpunk fiction, Neuromancer, Do Androids Dream
of Electronic Sheep, etc. I have decided, at my daughter's instigation, to
introduce a feminist cyberpunk novel into the course and I have chosen
Melissa Scott's, Trouble and her Friends. The problem is that I have no
idea how to analyze it from a feminist perspective. My reading is that it
is a typical Gibson type novel with the protagonists being female. I am
sure there is considerable subtext that is eluding me. If someone would
take the trouble to reply directly to me with some hints as to how to
approach/discuss it, I would be extremely grateful, and so would my students.
Thanks in advance
David Silver
189 McMorran Crescent
Thornhill, Ontario
L4J 3C8
Canada
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