>> Have any of you has taught science fiction, fantasy or horror
>>fiction of a "transgressive" nature before? What was the response you got
>>from your students? I look forward to reading your responses.
> What do you mean by "transgressive"?
The current, idiomatic usage seems to mean "titillating to
Twenty-Somethings," the age cohort whose adolescence was steeped in the Sex
= Death ( = Blood) message of the first decade of AIDS.
For sf's notions of "transgressive", c.f. _Dangerous Visions_.
Neil Rest
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